FONTS ON DEVIANTART

There are several things you can do with dA's text. You can use Italics, Bold, Underline, Strikethrough, and even change font face or font type. However, there aren't many directions on how to do these things. So, I'm going to give you a quick semi-tutorial on how to work these.
These features are easy enough to use once you know what you're doing. You just have to learn tags. You can visit this link to learn about some other common HTML tags.

The Simpleist Tags to Use Are:

< i > to begin italics and < /i > to end the italics
< strong > to begin bold and < /strong > to end the bold
< b > to begin bold and < /b > to end the bold
< u > to begin underline and < /u > to end the underline
< strike > to begin strike and < /strike > to end the strike
< s > to begin strike and < /s > to end the strike
< sup > ^{to begin superscript and} < /sup > to end the superscript
< sub > _{to begin subscript and} < /sub > to end the subscript

IMPORTANT NOTES:

• Do not include the spaces in the tags. They should look like this: <tag> not: < tag >


• For every tag that you open, you must remember to close it. Usually follows the format: </tag>


• Each of these listed above work in the dA input text in literature submissions, journals, author's notes, and comments.


• There difference between using < strong > and < b > is that strong is HTML5.0 valid and it provides reading programs (such as those for the blind) instruction to read the text with emphasis. b does not.


• There is no difference between using < strike > and < s >.


• Tags, such as superscript and subscript can be applied more than once. < sub >_{One Sub < sub >Two Sub < sub >Three Sub< /sub >Two Sub < /sub >One Sub < /sub >}No Sub

Other Common Tags to Use Are:

Adding a link to < a href = "https://www.google.com/" >Google< /a >

< blockquote >The Blockquote< /blockquote >

Ordered Lists start with < ol >, end with < /ol >, and are numbered
Unordered Lists start with < ul >, end with < /ul >, and are bulleted
Items in lists start with < li > and end with < /li >

< ol >Starts the Ordered List

1. < li >Ordered List Item 1 < /li >


2. < li >Ordered List Item 2 < /li >


3. < li >Ordered List Item 3 < /li >

< /ol > Ends the Ordered List

< ul >Starts the Unordered List

• < li >Unordered List Item 1 < /li >


• < li >Unordered List Item 2 < /li >


• < li >Unordered List Item 3 < /li >

< /ul > Ends the Unordered List

IMPORTANT NOTES:

• Do not include the spaces in the tags.


• For every tag you open, you must remember to close it.


• For linking words, you must include the complete URL. It's best to copy paste and include the http://


• Each of these listed above work in the dA input text in literature submissions, journals, author's notes, and comments.

Tags For Headers:

< h1 >

Header 1

< /h1>
< h2 >

Header 2

< /h2 >
< h3 >

Header 3

< /h3 >
< h4 >

Header 4

< /h4 >

IMPORTANT NOTES:

• Do not include spaces in the tags.


• For every tag you open, you must remember to close it.


• These work in the dA input text in literature submissions, journals, and author's notes, NOT COMMENTS

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The < hr > tag. No spaces and no closer. It is known as a self-closing tag. < /hr > It doesn't exist. This does work in comments.

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Tags That Change Text Alignment Are:
<div align = "left">Aligns left. This is the default alignment.
<div align = "center">Aligns center.
<div align = "right">Aligns right.
IMPORTANT NOTES:

• For every tag you open, you must remember to close it.


• Alignments ONLY work in JOURNALS, or at least from my experience, that's true

Tags That Change Font Styles Are:  

<  font size = "4" > Changes Font Size to 4 < /font >
< font size = "5" > Changes Font Size to 5 < /font >
< font face = "Times New Roman" > Changes Font Face to Times New Roman < /font >
< font face = "Calibri" > Changes Font Face to Calibri < /font >
< font face = "Courier New" > < font size = "6" > Changes Font to Courier New Size 6 < /font >< /font >

IMPORTANT NOTES:

• Some spaces in these tags are important. Tags should look like this: <tag size = "5">Sized Font</tag>


• For every tag that you open, you must close.


• The tag you opened last is the one you close first. Example: < font face = "Times New Roman" >Text < font size = "4" >Text < /font > Ends the size first because it was last opened. < /font >Then ends the font face.


• You must use the EXACT name of the font face. If you spell it wrong, it will not work.


• The quotes are important. They have to be standard quotes --"-- not these --“--”--


• Not all fonts work on every browser/computer/whatever. Standard fonts are best. It will go to the default font if it cannot load.


• These font changes do NOT work in comments or notes, but do in dA input text for literature submissions and journals.

Now, Let's Test a Few Standard Fonts:
1. Times New Roman
2. Calibri
3. Courier New
4. Arial
5. Arial Black
6. Algerian
7. Baskerville Old Face
8. Birch Std
9. Blackoak Std
10. Birch Std
11. Book Antiqua
12. Bradley Hand ITC
13. Broadway
14. Brush Script Std
15. Castellar
16. Century Gothic
17. Century Schoolbook
18. Charlemagne Std
19. Chiller
20. Cooper Black
21. Cooperplate Gothic Bold
22. Curlz MT
23. Eccentric STD
24. Engravers MT
25. Felix Titling
26. Forte
27. Franklin Gothic Demi
28. Freestyle Script
29. French Script MT
30. Garamond
31. Goudy Old Style
32. Goudy Stout
33. Harlow Solid Italic
34. Harrington
35. High Tower Text
36. Impact
37. Informal Roman
38. Jokerman
39. Juice ITC
40. Kristen ITC
41. Kunstler Script
42. Lithos Pro Regular
43. Lucida Bright
44. Lucida Calligraphy
45. Lucida Fax
46. Lucida Handwriting
47. Magneto
48. Matura MT Script Capitals
49. Monotype Corsiva
50. Old English Text MT
51. Papyrus
52. Pauls Gothic Curls
53. Poor Richard
54. Ravie
55. Script MT Bold
56. Showcard Gothic
57. Snap ITC
58. Stencil
59. Viner Hand ITC
60. Vivaldi