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Posted by Ali Eljayar
Ali Eljayar
1,135 Points

the validator gives me 2 errors Line 7, Column 142 <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Changa+One|Open+Sa

Line 7, Column 142: Bad value http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Changa+One|Open+Sans:400italic,700italic,400,700,800 for attribute href on element link: Illegal character in query: not a URL code point.

<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Changa+One|Open+Sans:400italic,700italic,400,700,800' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>

1 Answer

Zachary Green
Zachary Green
16,359 Points
Zachary Green
Zachary Green
16,359 Points

Its the pipe char in the url (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22466913/google-fonts-url-break-html5-validation-on-w3-org) just "Url encode the | (pipe characters) in the href attribute (%7C)"

Ali Eljayar
Ali Eljayar
1,135 Points

i tried but it does not work <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Changa+One|Open+Sans:400italic%7C,700italic,400,700,800' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>

Zachary Green
Zachary Green
16,359 Points

IMHO if it works in the browsers and you know thats the only error from the validator i wouldnt worry to much.