Operation Manual

Formatting Characters and Paragraphs 117
The Fonts tab is automatically hidden by default, but can be viewed by
clicking the arrow button at the left of your workspace.
Websafe fonts are a specially selected and configurable subset of fonts which
offer the best font matches between your Web site (during design) and your
web visitors' computers (during browsing). On publishing, Websafe fonts are
only referenced (and not rasterized) as they are assumed to be available on a
Web visitor's computer.
Generally speaking, it is advisable to keep to the standard list of Websafe fonts
shown in the Fonts tab unless you can be sure of font usage amongst your
target audience. These fonts are grouped together under the tab's Websafe
category (an equivalent category exists on the text context toolbar's Font
drop-down menu).
Using text styles
It's a good idea to establish the main text and graphic formatting to be used in
your site early in the creative process. WebPlus facilitates this by letting you
adopt named text styles (pre- or user-defined), which can be applied to
frame
text,
table text, or artistic text. A text style is a set of character and/or
paragraph attributes saved as a group. When you apply a style to text, you
apply the whole group of attributes in just one step. For example, you could
use named paragraph styles for particular layout elements, such as "Heading,"
"Quote," or "Body," and character styles to convey meaning, such as
"Emphasis," "Code," or "Reference." Using styles not only speeds the task of
laying out a site but ensures consistency and ease of updating.
Styles can be applied to characters or paragraphs using either the Text context
toolbar or the Text Styles tab. Both paragraph and character styles can be
managed from the Text Style Palette.
The Text Styles tab also lets you create new styles from scratch, create named
styles from existing text properties, and swap a style for another across your
Web site in one operation. Any style can be previewed against any selected
paragraph directly on the page. See online Help for more details on these
features.