### 30.6 Mapping fonts

Try to keep your font usage in HTML very simple, using only fonts that you are certain your readers have on their systems. A browser’s substitution for an unavailable font can be quite ugly.

In this section:

§30.6.1 Specifying a default font and size

§30.6.2 Mapping font sizes

§30.6.3 Including or excluding font tags

§30.6.4 Excluding face and size attributes from font tags

§30.6.5 Accommodating browser font-rendering differences

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Parent Topic: 30. Mapping text formats to HTML/XML

Sibling Topics:

30.1 Choosing how to map formats

30.2 Mapping paragraph formats

30.3 Mapping character formats

30.4 Assigning properties to text formats

30.5 Mapping special characters

30.7 Managing typographic elements for HTML or XML

30.8 Specifying text colors for HTML

30.9 Configuring preformatted text for HTML/XML

30.10 Converting footnotes to HTML or XML

30.11 Converting list formats to HTML (deprecated)