Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Font Bold-Italics

The font you see on this page is the default font. However, you change the font in various ways. Here is where the  tag comes into play.

Using the  allows you to change the material between the   and   using coding referred to as "inline style."

Enlarging fonts
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 * You notice in the above example that the font is rather small. Lets say we want the font to be 14 points in size. To make the font larger you insert the property:value "font-size:14pt; " in the paragraph tag coding like so:

 Exercises
 * 1) Show the coding for changing font in a paragraph.
 * 2) Show the coding for changing the size of the font.
 * 3) Show the coding for changing the color of the font.
 * 4) Show the coding for all three changes at once.
 * 5) Show the coding for changing a word in the paragraph to bold.
 * 6) Show the coding for changing word to italic.

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 Quick Quiz
 * What symbol do you use to separate inline styles?
 * A. Comma
 * B. Colon
 * C. Semi-colon
 * D. None of the above


 * How many colors can you chose from for your font?
 * A. 768
 * B. 256
 * C. 512
 * D. All of the above


 * How many inline styles can you put in the paragraph tag?
 * A. No more than 5
 * B. No more than 8
 * C. No more than 20
 * D. None of the above

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