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Please help w/ font issue in GoLive CS – I think this may be an easy one??
I use GoLive CS and every time I drag a text box onto my page, the font defaults to “None” with no set size. It looks like a larger than normal sized Times New Roman. I have to change the text EVERY time I use a text box to “Verdana set” to get a nice sans serif and then I change the size to -1. I am sure there is an easier way to do this.
Also, when I change the size to -1 to get it a bit smaller, it always seems to look different “live” than it does in GoLive. Should I change the font size to something else to guarantee it’ll look the same “live” as well as in GoLive. I am still confused as to the difference in the Font size box between the -1, -2, -3 etc…the +1, +2, +3 etc…and the 1, 2 3, etc.
I feel like I’m doing pretty good with GoLive until I keep having these basic font issues… Well, thanks in advance to anyone who offers a little help and advice my way!
Baillan.
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You might want to move away from ever using the font tag again and start looking at style sheets, CSS, etc.
For example, you can link every page to a stylesheet that defines the P tag (your normal body text) to a particular size and font. You can define the size in pixels, ems, percentage, points, whatever. I find pixels to make the most sense. With styles you can set other attributes like margins, line height, tracking, backgrounds, and borders and more.
And once you create a set of styles you like, if you’re like me, you use it as a starting point for every site you design.
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