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Posted by Alexander Grant
Alexander Grant
738 Points

Getting an invalid markup validation.

says that something is wrong with this line: <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Changa+One|Open+Sans:400,400italic,700,700italic,800' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>

Error: Bad value http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Changa+One|Open+Sans:400,400italic,700,700italic,800 for attribute href on element link: Illegal character in query: not a URL code point.

…ne|Open+Sans:400,400italic,700,700italic,800' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'> (The greater than symbol is highlighted red)

What do I need to do to fix it?

2 Answers

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,592 Points

Hi Alexander,

You have to url encode the vertical bar | in the google fonts url.

Replace it with %7C

Kiko Doran
Kiko Doran
4,752 Points
Kiko Doran
Kiko Doran
4,752 Points

If you post your actual code, it will be much easier to help you.