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James Walton
1,567 PointsHTML Validation Error
I am getting an error when validating my HTML. I don't see any difference in my code and Nick's.
Error: 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. From line 7, column 5; to line 7, column 142 css">↩ <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Changa+One|Open+Sans:400italic,700italic,400,700,800' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>↩ < Syntax of URL: Any URL. For example: /hello, #canvas, or http://example.org/. Characters should be represented in NFC and spaces should be escaped as %20.
1 Answer
Troy Riggs
13,859 PointsIf you use validator.w3.org it says that characters should be represented in NFC.
The problem is the vertical bar in your font link:
The escape character can be found at [Name List Charts](http://www.unicode.org/charts/nameslist/). Then you want to add ```%``` to the front of it to escape it. The final link should look like:
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Changa+One%007FOpen+Sans:400italic,700italic,400,700,800' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
James Walton
1,567 PointsThank you, Troy!
mikes02
Courses Plus Student 16,968 Pointsmikes02
Courses Plus Student 16,968 PointsIn your HTML are you linking to it properly? For example:
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Changa+One|Open+Sans:400italic,700italic,400,700,800' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>