Difference between revisions of "Fonts and Having it Your Way"

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This is not a step by step or a how to article.  It is a brief summary of what is needed to do anything you want with fonts.  The origins of this article come from the need to embed special fonts in a web page and all the issues that arise.
This is not a step by step or a how to article.  It is a brief summary of what is needed to do anything you want with fonts.  The origins of this article come from the need to embed special fonts in a web page and all the issues that arise.


== Some Choices on How to Do It ==
==Some Choices on How to Do It==


*If you're using a Windows computer, search the internet for TTF fonts you want, check them out, play with them, etc.
*If you're using a Windows computer, search the internet for TTF fonts you want, check them out, play with them, etc.
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</syntaxhighlight>...and then it needs to be added into a Widget's style sheet, or a custom Class or ID for a SPAN or DIV Element (Hint: Apply a unique font with TinyMCE, then manually edit the name of the CSS font-style descriptor.
</syntaxhighlight>...and then it needs to be added into a Widget's style sheet, or a custom Class or ID for a SPAN or DIV Element (Hint: Apply a unique font with TinyMCE, then manually edit the name of the CSS font-style descriptor.


==Chosen Method==
==Best Method to Address the TinyMCE / Advanced Editor too==
As of the beginning of 2021, there doesn't seem to be a PlugIn, besides Use Any Font, that will allow one to set a Font Style via the TinyMCE / Advanced Editor.  So the solution is to do it manually.  Below is the necessary information (without being as long winded as so many other sites that include everything from finding a font to the step by step procedure for uploading it, not making a criticism, because they are quite complete).
As of the beginning of 2021, there doesn't seem to be a PlugIn, besides Use Any Font, that will allow one to set a Font Style via the TinyMCE / Advanced Editor.  So the solution is to do it manually.  Below is the necessary information (without being as long winded as so many other sites that include everything from finding a font to the step by step procedure for uploading it, not making a criticism, because they are quite complete).