About Fonts

Building web pages can be a lot of fun. Learning the "source code" and making your page turn out the way you want it to look can be even more fun.

But how a web page comes up on your computer depends, largely, on two things:

The fonts and colors used to build the page, and

The set up of the computer accessing that page.

Web page writers, if they want their web pages to be universally recognized, try to hold fonts, font sizes, and colors within those parameters which are most apt to be universally recognized by various computers systems. In other words, a web page writer can write a page in whatever font, at whatever font size, with whatever color he or she wants. Unfortunately, if your computer does not recognize that font, that font size, or that color, your computer automatically reverts to default — that font, that font size, that color that it does recognize.

Most computers recognize certain fonts — this font (Trebuchet), Times New Roman — and Arial, and these basic colors: black, maroon, green, olive or gold, navy, purple, teal, gray, silver, red, lime, yellow, blue, fuchsia, acqua or cyan, and white (White). Writers can vary these colors, in intensity and shade, but in so doing, run the risk that your computer will not recognize that font, font size, or color which means the page won't load right. This is what happens when a page comes up with a white background and yellow lettering. If you check the source code, the color the writer used probably isn't yellow, but your computer doesn't recognize the color the writer used, so it reverts to default, to yellow.

On my web pages, I have endeavored to stay with colors that are easy to read and with fonts that should be universally recognized: Trebuchet, Times Roman, and Arial. However, if your computer does not recognize these fonts, your computer will revert to its default font. Sometimes the default font is large, sometimes it is small.

If you are having trouble reading my index page or any other page, try increasing the font size on your browser from the pull-down menus. The page will not load as written, but at least it will be readable.

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