mojoPortal Tips: How to Use Web Fonts in mojoPortal

Last Updated on Tuesday, 31 January 2012 09:02 Written by Carole Bennett Friday, 3 February 2012 12:00

So – with the latest release of mojoPortal, we’ve gotten some new skins to work with – or maybe you’ve created a custom skin using Artisteer. Whether you’re going for a fully customized look, or just wanting to update an existing skin, one very easy method to give your website a bit more individuality, or conform with a corporate branding message, is to use web fonts.

What are web fonts? Here’s a very concise description from Wikipedia: “Web fonts allow Web designers to use fonts that are not installed on the viewer’s computer.” This refers to the fact that the fonts installed on your local computer won’t always be the same ones your viewers have installed on theirs. With the proliferation of devices such as iPads, iPhones, and Android devices, as well as PCs and Macs, it can be a real challenge to keep your font choices consistent across all platforms. The best solution has been the font-face format introduced in CSS2, and widely accepted in CSS3.