Using Google web fonts
August 28, 2013
Today I tried switching a website to web fonts. It was pretty easy to implement using Google Fonts.
1. Choose a font
Go to Google Fonts and find a font family that you like. Check the box next to each style variation you want to include (light, normal, bold, italic, etc.).
2. Link to it from your website
Google provides you with a link to the font files you selected. Just copy and paste it into either your HTML:
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Source+Sans+Pro:400,700,400italic,700italic' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
Or your CSS:
@import url(http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Source+Sans+Pro:400,700,400italic,700italic);
3. Use it in your CSS
Now you can use that font family in your CSS declarations:
body { font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', sans-serif; }
That's it!
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