Beginning with Type in CSS

In this section, we will concern ourselves with text formatting. You'll get familiar with popular text formatting properties.

Many of the best designers I’ve worked with understand type and how important it is to design in general.

Quick Reasons why Type is Important in Design

  1. It sets the overall tone of the design
  2. Well styled type is readable and legible
  3. It facilitates visual hierarchy.

In this lesson, I will get you started with styling texts in CSS.

Getting Started

So, the first obvious question is “How do I set text to display in a certain font?”.

Pretty simple.

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