Awesome, thanks. This seems familiar so I think I learned this somewhere along the way in computer class in college but then completely forgot about it.

Lisa B

Great instructions, Kate, and a super idea to use the picture to illustrate the tags properly. I never knew how to do a highlight, and I like that a LOT! Cool!

Thanks for sharing this.
Marcia

Had to try this -

Thanks alot Kate lots of fun!

nova

Hey, Nova...*waving happily*...you just about got them ALL there!

Good Job!

Marcia

You're
VERY
welcome!

• If you can't get the bg color to work try a : instead of an = right before the color you want.

• Sad news: This forum won't allow marquees (scrolling text)

• It gets very grumpy when you try to change fonts

huh ?

LOL !

WOW
Always wondered =HOW DID THEY DO THAT??
=Thanks sweet Kate! You always know how to = CoLoR my life!

Look how you've BRIGHTENEDcolor> up everyone's day with your very informative post, Kate!

Thank You!!!color>

Marcia

Testing...

This is Arial font!

And this is Century Gothic

And this is Papyrus

I think these will only show up in the correct font if you have that font on your computer, but these are three fairly common ones. It will always revert to Times if it doesn't recognize the requested font.

To change the font, use the "font face" command instead of "font style". To turn it off it's the "/font" command (don't forget the double angle brackets!).

Kate, I believe you are correct, unless something drastic has been changed. Individual computers can only read the fonts they come with or that you have purposely installed on them. If you are reading a message with fonts that aren't on your computer, it will default to Times New Roman. But there are a handful, such as the ones Kate just showed, that most computers do have. Comic Sans MS is another one that is usually safe to use. But I know from building webpages that if you want to use an unusual font for your text, you need to put it in a .jpg or the like, or it won't work.

I'm not sure if Papyrus is on most computers, but I do know the other two usually are, so most people will be able to see what you mean, at least for the first ones. And if any of them look exactly the same as the basic font (Times New Roman) it just means you don't have that particular one installed on your computer. Me, I have over 700 fonts installed on mine, and over 3,000 in storage that I pick from for certain graphics, etc. I'm a confessed font-aholic.

Marcia

When I said "But I know from building webpages that if you want to use an unusual font for your text, you need to put it in a .jpg or the like, or it won't work." I actually meant it won't work everyone. It will only work for those who have the font, so most people aren't going to see it. They will just see the Times New Roman default font.

Marcia

I don't have as many as Marcia but I have a couple hundred for sure. I love them too and use various fonts when working on training materials for work.

Marcia, what would be a good script font, like Bradley Hand or Kathleen, that might be common to most machines?
Does my signature show up for you all in 'Times' or in 'Bradley'?

Kate

Your siggie shows up for me in Bradley Hand. I like that font. Here are some script style fonts that have been around for a long time and might be installed on more computers than most. They aren't really "handwriting" fonts, per se, but do come under the category of scripts, I think. (I was going to do each one in example format, but it won't let me do that many...starts acting hinkey.) If you want me to send you any of the fonts, just let me know. Most are easily found at font sites, though.

Admiral
Amazone BT
Bahia ScriptSSK
Black Chancery
Brock Script
CAC Champagne
Chaucer
CluffHmkBold
Francine HMK
Hansa
Invitation
Kauffman BT
Kayleigh
Lauren Script
Lucida Handwriting
Matura MT Script Capitals
Monoline Script MT
Murphy Script
Partridge
Pristina
Rage Italic
Regallia Script Itc
Regency
Scribble
Script MT Bold
Signature
Vivaldi

There should be many in there that would show up on most computers.

Marcia

Moving this up because I received a question about text changes.

Kate, here are two texty presents (just a small way of saying thanks for all you do for us on the FL Garden Forum).

This is a fun one that makes text blink on and off:

text

To make it actually work.........pretend all the spaces between are not there. I'm also going to replace the word text with your nic because it's a cool nic and you went to Alaska. lol. And here's what happens:

Solstice

The next nifty fun thing to do is to draw a line THROUGH the text.

text

To make it work take out those spaces and replace the text with whichever word (or sentence) you'd like. I like this feature because it can really express humor:

My husband brought home the cutest little monster puppy!

lol....and I love the dickens outta that puppy. Stole my heart is what she did.

Thank you, Sooth. Unfortunately, most forums and blog sites have disabled the 'blink' command. It was too distracting, I guess.

I love the strike command though and will use that!

Kate

So, will this work for Mac as well?

Cliff

Cliff, it should. It's the code that the forum translates so it shouldn't matter what computer it comes from.
Kate

oh..awesome! Will have to give it a try. Thanks Kate.