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

Josh Clark
Josh Clark
1,729 Points
Posted by Josh Clark
Josh Clark
1,729 Points

Hi There, In this challenge, my css document is not recognising my Google font in my html document. Any ideas?

-Google Font style link copied from site into header of HTML document in the right place as specified by tutorial videos

-Font-family specified in h1 category of CSS document

Not working :(

Any ideas?

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Nick Pettit | Designer</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Oswald">
    <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;
    font-family: 'Oswald', sans-serif;
}

nav a {
  color: #fff;
}

nav a:hover {
  color: #32673f;
}
nathaniel marquez
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nathaniel marquez
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 2,145 Points
nathaniel marquez
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nathaniel marquez
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 2,145 Points

mine isnt working either and I have been looking everywhere to find an answer.

tried looking on reddit, css-tricks, mdn, youtube, google etc I even sent in a ticket with google to find out if its just me.

Doegena Fennich
Doegena Fennich
8,974 Points
Doegena Fennich
Doegena Fennich
8,974 Points

Hey Josh,

Your code doesn't work because you included h2 with the h1.

This is the right solution for the challenge; 

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

Cheers ; )

2 Answers

Josh Clark
Josh Clark
1,729 Points
Josh Clark
Josh Clark
1,729 Points

Hi Doegena,

I tried that previously, and again now, it still doesn t work.

The 'Oswald' is coming up in different color.

Wonder if it is a bug in the exercise?

Thanks for your help, (and Nathaniel too!)

J