Yes, I know it's VErY old now, but it's all I have and still works fine for my purposes 
I would like to add some new fonts, specifically some that can replace poor old oft maligned Comic Sans. I've d/l new .ttf files etc, and added them to c:\windows\fonts but I'm unsure how to get the new fonts to show up in DW. Several of the help pages I've found state to click on Tools or Modify, then Manage Fonts (or a similar relevant option) but I don't see any of those options in this old gal. And of course, even if I get them into DW, are they going to actually show up in a viewer's browser, if it is a font they may not have? Does the typical browser d/l them automatically on the other side so they can be rendered to the viewer? I think this is true, but won't swear to it.
TIA
Elaine
Charlotte, NC
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The web has changed a lot in 14-15 years. Using a modern code editor is kind of important for creating modern web sites.
Use a web safe CSS font stack for all routine text. Nothing for you or your site visitors to download because most modern computers come with these systen fonts already installed.
CSS Font Stack: Web Safe and Web Font Family with HTML and CSS code.
For special headings or menus, use Google web fonts. You don't need to download or host anything to use them.
Just copy & paste a script or 2 into your doucment's <head> tag. Then add the required font-family to your stylesheet.
HTML5 CODE
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<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Google Web Fonts Example</title>
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Charm" rel="stylesheet">
<style>
h2 { font-family: 'Charm', cursive;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>This is a cursive Google Web Font called Charm</h2>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Id accusantium ipsam, hic eligendi suscipit, beatae ducimus voluptates repellendus soluta iure dolore est obcaecati velit. Optio impedit possimus eius corporis eos!</p>
</body>
</html>
Thank you all for the great suggestions! As it happens, I'm a career long programmer-analyst, and 2-years-retired webmaster (since 1999) for my former local County government (the very first version of which I did in *notepad* , but as we used a CMS, I never really had to worry about this, nor did I always get a choice (any of you who have ever had to work with a "design team" of non-techie folks probably understand that). However, now that I AM retired, all I ever do now is some personal stuff where it's um, a bit more free form When I did a favor for someone very recently, I'd let the font default to Comic Sans, which I personally kinda like (I'm a tech geek, not a design geek :). One viewer "complained" about it, which got me to poking around to see what's going on these days, hence my questions here.
I learned a LOT from you all, and I thank you! In the end, I just let it default to Georgia, which may be boring to some, but the project is a tightly targeted one, so I don't need to do much more with it, but I will definitely educate myself now, thanks!
elaine
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