Fonts
Sandvox has a Fonts panel to allow you to customize the font of any text that is in an editable block. e.g. a Text page, or the caption of a Photo.
To set the font of some text:
- Select the text.
- From the Format menu select "Show Fonts."
- Click the font to use.
You can also customize the toolbar to add a "Fonts" item to it.
Possible Issues
Non-standard fonts
When choosing a font, some care must be taken. If a font you specify is not installed on a visitor's computer, then their browser will not be able to display it. Instead it will use an alternative font of its own choosing, which may look nothing like your original choice.
To avoid this, it may be a good idea to stick to the standard fonts installed on virtually every Mac/Windows computer:
- Arial
- Arial Black
- Comic Sans MS
- Courier New
- Georgia
- Helvetica
- Impact
- Times New Roman
- Trebuchet MS
- Verdana
(For your convenience, Sandvox installs a font collection into your home directory called "Web-safe Mac/Windows" that contains these fonts.)
Also note that not all of these fonts are always installed on Windows 95 computers which might be a slight problem. For a complete list of the fonts included in each revision of Windows, please see this article.
If you stick to the font used by your site's design then there should also be no issues. If a visitor does not have the font installed, Sandvox is able to specify a good, close alternative.
(Note: if you are creating a website with the iPhone in mind, keep in mind that from this list, only Courier New, Georgia, Helvetica, Times New Roman, Trebuchet MS, and Verdana are available.)
Italics
Some fonts do not have an italic version. e.g. Lucida Grande. Thus, as in other apps such as TextEdit, you are not able to specify some text as being italic. To compensate, consider using another font (such as Helvetica) set as italic for that text.
