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CSS

Sebastian Eguez
Sebastian Eguez
8,248 Points
Posted by Sebastian Eguez
Sebastian Eguez
8,248 Points

My "imported" font is not working

https://w.trhou.se/tnfna6kf2s

I imported a font: truelies.ttf

This is my CSS.

@font-face {
  font-family: "truelies";
  src: url('truelies.ttf');
}

And later...

h1 {
    font-family: "truelies";
    margin: 5px 0;
    font-size: 5em;
    padding: 10px 0;
    font-weight:normal;
    line-height:0.8em;
}

The beginning of my HTML has:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
    <head> 
        <meta charset="utf-8"> 
        <title>Sebastian Eguez | Mago</title> 
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css"> 
        <link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Indie+Flower|Anton' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/responsive.css"> 
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    </head>

What's wrong?

And what's the purpose of the following, above?

<meta charset="utf-8"> 
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css"> 
<link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Indie+Flower|Anton' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/responsive.css"> 
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">

Thanks!

4 Answers

Erik Nuber
Erik Nuber
20,629 Points
Erik Nuber
Erik Nuber
20,629 Points

sorry I didn't know where it was located...change your src as it needs to point to the file

src: url(../truelies.ttf);
Sebastian Eguez
Sebastian Eguez
8,248 Points
Sebastian Eguez
Sebastian Eguez
8,248 Points

It worked! You rock.

Why do you need the "/"?

When would you NOT need it?

What if I was trying to insert my font code into my HTML doc?

Erik Nuber
Erik Nuber
20,629 Points
Erik Nuber
Erik Nuber
20,629 Points

For the rest

sets the character encoding

<meta charset="utf-8">

links the normalize file which creates a standard across your webpages. 

<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">

this is a different way to link an external font family. Generally given directly from where you got the font, in this case google fonts.

<link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Indie+Flower|Anton' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>

These link your css files with responsive coming second it will override anything in main.css

<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/responsive.css">

you should include this line in all of your html pages. The width=device-width part sets the width of the page to follow the screen-width of the device (which will vary depending on the device). The initial-scale=1.0 part sets the initial zoom level when the page is first loaded by the browser.

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
Sebastian Eguez
Sebastian Eguez
8,248 Points
Sebastian Eguez
Sebastian Eguez
8,248 Points

Wow. Thanks.

The font is still not working though. :pensive:

Erik Nuber
Erik Nuber
20,629 Points
Erik Nuber
Erik Nuber
20,629 Points

I don't think you need the quote marks around truelies

@font-face {
  font-family: truelies;
  src: url(truelies.ttf);
}

h1 {
    font-family: truelies;
    margin: 5px 0;
    font-size: 5em;
    padding: 10px 0;
    font-weight:normal;
    line-height:0.8em;
}
Erik Nuber
Erik Nuber
20,629 Points
Erik Nuber
Erik Nuber
20,629 Points

I have not loaded the fonts I use the way you have. It works but, I have used google fonts which you asked about as well.

If you notice, whenever you link to another file you will use some form of

../

this just helps to verify where the files are located. like if they were in a folder

css/normalize.css

the 

../

usually refers to a location one level up and, when I tried your code, when I just put in two periods it autocompleted to what I gave you.

if a given file is on the same level as in the same folder as where ever you are calling it from you don't have to include the ../