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CSS How to Make a Website Customizing Colors and Fonts Add Fonts

Posted by MUZ140139 Samantha Mashanda
MUZ140139 Samantha Mashanda
6,236 Points

Cannot get the CSS first level headline answer correct.

QUESTION: In your CSS, apply your font to the first level headline using font-family. Include a sans-serif fallback.

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Nick Pettit | Designer</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
   <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Lato' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
  </head>
  <body>
    <header>
      <a href="index.html" id="logo">
        <h1>Nick Pettit</h1>
        <h2>Designer</h2>
      </a>
      <nav>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="index.html" class="selected">Portfolio</a></li>
          <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li>
          <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li>
        </ul>
      </nav>
    </header>
    <div id="wrapper">
      <section>
        <ul>
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-01.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-01.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Experimentation with color and texture.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-02.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-02.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Playing with blending modes in Photoshop.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-06.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-06.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Trying to create an 80's style of glows.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-09.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-09.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Drips created using Photoshop brushes.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-12.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-12.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Creating shapes using repetition.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
        </ul>
      </section>
      <footer>
        <a href="http://twitter.com/nickrp"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter Logo"></a>
        <a href="http://facebook.com/nickpettit"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="Facebook Logo"></a>
        <p>&copy; 2014 Nick Pettit.</p>
      </footer>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>
css/main.css 
a {
  text-decoration: none;
}

#wrapper {
  max-width: 940px;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

#logo {
  text-align: center;
  margin: 0;
}

h1, h2 {
  color: #fff;
}

nav a {
  color: #fff;
}

nav a:hover {
  color: #32673f;
}

h1, h2 {
  color: #fff;
  font-family: "Open Sans";

4 Answers

Alex Harris
Alex Harris
765 Points
Alex Harris
Alex Harris
765 Points

h1 { font-family: 'Open sans', sans-serif; }

Wade Christensen
STAFF
Wade Christensen
Treehouse Teacher
Wade Christensen
Wade Christensen
Treehouse Teacher

It looks like you're not setting the font from Google fonts (Lato). You need to first do that, then include a sans-serif fallback. It should all look like this:

h1{
  font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif;
}

Notice the quotes around the Lato font as well.

Elizabeth Chipendo
Elizabeth Chipendo
Courses Plus Student 6,468 Points

i get the point but where exactly in my css page do i put this

Alex Harris
Alex Harris
765 Points
Alex Harris
Alex Harris
765 Points

the font is set in index.html under your stylesheet rel and then add the h1 line shown in previous reply in your main.css

hope that makes sense

Lara Whateley
Lara Whateley
2,099 Points
Lara Whateley
Lara Whateley
2,099 Points

HTML <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>

CSS

h1 { font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; }