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CSS Google Fonts

Google Fonts

If you do not want to use any of the standard fonts in HTML, you can use Google Fonts. Google Fonts are free to use, and have more than 1000 fonts to choose from.

How To Use Google Fonts

Formula

Just add a special style sheet link in the < head > section and then refer to the font in the CSS.

Example

Here, we want to use a font named "Sofia" from Google Fonts: <head> <link rel="stylesheet"

Formula

href ="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family = Sofia">

<style>

body {
font-family: "Sofia", sans-serif;
}

</style> </head>

Result:

Sofia Font

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Example

Here, we want to use a font named "Trirong" from Google Fonts: <head> <link rel="stylesheet"

Formula

href ="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family = Trirong">

<style>

body {
font-family: "Trirong", serif;
}

</style> </head>

Result:

Trirong Font

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Example

Here, we want to use a font named "Audiowide" from Google Fonts: <head> <link rel="stylesheet"

Formula

href ="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family = Audiowide">

<style>

body {
font-family: "Audiowide", sans-serif;
}

</style> </head>

Result:

Audiowide Font

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Note:

When specifying a font in CSS, always list at minimum one fallback font (to avoid unexpected behaviors).

Formula

So, also here you should add a generic font family (like serif or sans - serif) to the end of the list.
For a list of all available Google Fonts, visit our
How To - Google Fonts Tutorial.

Use Multiple Google Fonts

To use multiple Google fonts, just separate the font names with a pipe character ( | ), like this:

Example

Request multiple fonts:

<head> <link rel="stylesheet"

Formula

href ="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family = Audiowide|Sofia|Trirong">

<style>

h1.a {font-family: "Audiowide", sans-serif;}
h1.b {font-family: "Sofia", sans-serif;}
h1.c {font-family: "Trirong", serif;}

</style> </head>

Result:

Audiowide Font

Sofia Font

Trirong Font

Note:

Requesting multiple fonts may slow down your web pages! So be careful about that.

Styling Google Fonts

Of course you can style Google Fonts as you like, with CSS!

Example

Style the "Sofia" font: <head> <link rel="stylesheet"

Formula

href ="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family = Sofia">

<style>

body {
font-family: "Sofia", sans-serif;
font-size: 30px;
text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #ababab;
}

</style> </head>

Result:

Sofia Font

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