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Asked: 2026-05-15T20:03:22+00:00

I know of various ways to dynamically alter web pages’ typeface properties via JS/DHTML,

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I know of various ways to dynamically alter web pages’ typeface properties via JS/DHTML, or replacing text with Flash-rendered fonts (with sIFR or Cufon). However, I can’t find any good examples of dynamically changing the typeface used on a web page depending on user choice – with, for example, the use of a dropdown box or text links (to allow the choice of Arial, Helvetica, Lucida Sans and Gill Sans for example).

I’m sure I’ve seen this functionality in web sites before but I can’t find anything written about it, let alone real world examples! Can anybody point out some good examples / proof of concepts / sites that have successfully implemented this feature?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Not sure if this will work, but could you embed a little CSS in the head of your page and then use JavaScript to modify the “font-family” programatically? I’ve never tried that before so this is just a guess.

    <html>
<head>
    <title></title>
    <style type="text/css"> 
        body {
            font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <p>your content...</p>
</body>
</html>
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