• Hello!

    I have some beginner questions about fonts.

    How do I know what font I have and how do I change it? Does this depend on what theme I have?

    Thanks!

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  • sure, it does.
    look into style.css (of the theme) and check for ‘font-family’. that tells you which font is used for what.
    something to read: https://www.w3schools.com/CSS/pr_font_font-family.asp

    Thread Starter beginner8

    (@beginner8)

    Hi alchymyth. Thanks for responding.

    Where specifically do I click on my start page (in admin) to get to style.css?

    ‘admin’ ‘appearance’ ‘editor’

    Thread Starter beginner8

    (@beginner8)

    I did just that. But it doesnt say “font-family” anywhere… are there any other ways of finding out what my font is and then maybe change it…? thanks again

    go there ‘admin’ ‘appearance’ ‘editor’
    and then ‘edit stylesheet’: scroll down through all the styles, and you are likely to find ‘font-family:’
    for instance something like this:

    body {
           background: #011e2e;
           color: #505050;
           font-size: 62.5%;
           font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;
           margin: 0 auto;
           padding: 0;
           text-align: center;
           line-height: 14px;
          }

    alchymyth is right. After you click “Editor”, look on the right and you should see a list of files.

    Click the one named sytles.css and then look for that code.

    Thread Starter beginner8

    (@beginner8)

    under stylesheet this is what I see. I must be missing something.

    /*
    Theme Name: Atahualpa
    Theme URI: https://wordpress.bytesforall.com/
    Description: Version 3.4.4 – Build your own unique, professional and browser-safe WordPress Theme: 1-5 columns, fluid or fixed width, rotating header images and 2 dozen option pages. Support and tutorials at our forum.
    Version: 3.4.4
    Author: BytesForAll
    Author URI: https://forum.bytesforall.com/
    Tags: white, one-column, two-columns, three-columns, four-columns, fixed-width, flexible-width, custom-colors, custom-header, theme-options, left-sidebar, right-sidebar, threaded-comments, sticky-post, translation-ready
    */

    .aligncenter {
    display: block;
    margin-left: auto;
    margin-right: auto;
    }

    .alignleft {
    float: left;
    }

    .alignright {
    float: right;
    }

    atahualpa is different – i personally don’t like the overcustomisation and have deleted it from my space.

    have a look again into ‘admin’, and there is somewhere under ‘appearance’ a link to atahualpa options, and there are many …..

    Thread Starter beginner8

    (@beginner8)

    I found a line that says:
    “font-family: tahoma, arial, sans-serif”

    How do I know which one is currently being used and how do I change it…?

    (I am unable to identify the font that is currently available…)

    your browser will try and find the fonts in the list, starting from the left, and will use the first one that is available on your computer.
    you have to know what fonts are installed on your computer (control panel?)
    however, generally, fonts of a font family are very similar so there is no big difference how the website looks.
    and you will never know which font is available for someone viewing the same website on a different computer.

    Thread Starter beginner8

    (@beginner8)

    so if tahoma is available on my computer, that is probably what my theme is using? Because I see 3 fonts listed but I have no idea which one is the one I can use. Would you know how to change it…?

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