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

Posted by Marguerite Holden
Marguerite Holden
6,075 Points

Please can someone tell me what I am doing wrong here? It says to use sans-serif as a back-up in css }

h1 { font-family: 'Oswald|ubuntu:500italic'; Sans-serif; }

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Nick Pettit | Designer</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
    <link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Oswald|Ubuntu:500italic' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
    <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 {
  font-family: 'Oswald|ubuntu:500italic'; Sans-serif;
}

h1, h2 {
  color: #fff;
}



nav a {
  color: #fff;
}

nav a:hover {
  color: #32673f;
}

5 Answers

Joe Consterdine
Joe Consterdine
13,965 Points
Joe Consterdine
Joe Consterdine
13,965 Points

It should be comma after the first font and not a colon also.

Brian MacDowell
Brian MacDowell
1,171 Points
Brian MacDowell
Brian MacDowell
1,171 Points

I'd try using lower case on the sans (Sans-->sans) see if that helps

Marguerite Holden
Marguerite Holden
6,075 Points
Marguerite Holden
Marguerite Holden
6,075 Points

Thx, that was the right solution!

Marguerite Holden
Marguerite Holden
6,075 Points
Marguerite Holden
Marguerite Holden
6,075 Points

Thx, in codecademy says use upper case with fonts

Marguerite Holden
Marguerite Holden
6,075 Points
Marguerite Holden
Marguerite Holden
6,075 Points

Thx for responses. All replies were helpful