Specifying fonts in your FrontPage Webs

FrontPage makes it so easy to change the fonts on your page just select a block of text and choose a new font from the Font dropdown list--that you may think that changing the font will have some effect on what visitors to your page eventually see. The fact is, however, that the end user must have the specified font installed in order to see that font on your page. Otherwise, the browser will substitute a default font. Fortunately, you can increase your odds by specifying more than one font name. If the browser doesn't find the first font listed, it will look for the second. If that font is also missing, the third will be used.  To specify multiple fonts, select your text and click the HTML tab to switch to HTML view. Find the tags that define your text: 

<font face="Times New Roman">This is my text.</font> and add one or two additional font names, 

separated by commas, like this: 

<font face="Times New Roman, New York, serif">This is my text.</font>

Note that the first two names listed here are actual fonts, one of which is very common on Windows systems and one of which is very common on Macs. The third name is a general category, a catchall that increases your odds of the browser picking an appropriate font. Other categories you can specify include sans-serif, cursive, ransom, and monospace.

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