mouseover fonts

Is there a way to change the font on a mouseover message?

Hi Rita:


I'm no expert, but my guess is that Windows, and no doubt MacOS as well,
provide a number of system defined fonts. These fonts are configured by the
end user and that all applications are expected to use. i.e.the menu font,
the caption font, the tooltip font and others. Some of the special fonts
have been given symbolic names but these are not available to dynamic
inspection.



"rita62" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

Is there a way to change the font on a mouseover message?

| "rita62" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote in message
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| > Is there a way to change the font on a mouseover message?
|

<my server hasn't got rita62 post so piggyback on W. Binney's post>

On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 15:32:21 -0500, in macromedia.dreamweaver "Kenneth
W. Binney" <kenbinney (AT) ossiningdesignguild (DOT) com> wrote:

| Hi Rita:
|
| I'm no expert, but my guess is that Windows, and no doubt MacOS as well,
| provide a number of system defined fonts.

Close and near enough.

| These fonts are configured by the
| end user and that all applications are expected to use. i.e.the menu font,
| the caption font, the tooltip font and others. Some of the special fonts
| have been given symbolic names but these are not available to dynamic
| inspection.

This is why you need to specify font-families "Verdana, Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif". If the browser can't find a font then it moves
to the next on. This final entry is the generic one that the system
has been configured to use.

As to rita62 question.

If you are using hyperlinks then you can use CSS to control the
format. A silly example would be:

<style type="text/css">
a:link {
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 50%; /* really small text */
color: lime; /* ugly colour for text */
}

a:hover {
font-family: fantasy; /* pick up system defined font */
font-size: 200%; /* really large text */
color: red; /* ugly colour 2 */
}
</style>

Your html would look like
<a href="nextpage.htm">Click for next page</a>
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