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I want the user to pick a font type, at the moment I have it in check boxes but I prefer to have it in a drop down list.

But the key is to have each font option displayed in their own style. Any Ideas ?


here is my current code:
<b>Choose a Font Style for your Text:</b>
<font face= arial>Arial</font>&nbsp;
<input name="fontType" type="checkbox" id="sel_templateA" value="arial">

<font face="Bookman Old Style">Bookman Old Style&nbsp;</font>
<input name="fontType" type="checkbox" id="sel_templateA" value="Bookman Old Style">

<font face="Comic Sans MS">Comic Sans&nbsp;</font>
<input name="fontType" type="checkbox" id="sel_templateA" value="Comic Sans MS">

<font face="Courier">Courier&nbsp;</font>
<input name="fontType" type="checkbox" id="sel_templateA" value="Courier">
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I want the user to pick a font type, at the moment I have it in check boxes but I prefer to have it in a drop down list.

But the key is to have each font option displayed in their own style. Any Ideas ?
here is my current code:
<b>Choose a Font Style for your Text:</b>
<font face= arial>Arial</font>&nbsp;
<input name="fontType" type="checkbox" id="sel_templateA" value="arial">

<font face="Bookman Old Style">Bookman Old Style&nbsp;</font>
<input name="fontType" type="checkbox" id="sel_templateA" value="Bookman Old Style">

<font face="Comic Sans MS">Comic Sans&nbsp;</font>
<input name="fontType" type="checkbox" id="sel_templateA" value="Comic Sans MS">

<font face="Courier">Courier&nbsp;</font>
<input name="fontType" type="checkbox" id="sel_templateA" value="Courier">
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The two things that I would recommend is not using the <font> tag. It is not widely used anymore and won't validate. Use <span style="font-family:Arial"> instead. Also, I wouldnt use a font like Bookman Old Style as not every user is going to have that font. Stick with Verdana, Trebuchet, Arial, Courier, Tahoma, etc.

For your code have this:

[code]<select name="fontType" id="selTemplateA">
     <option value="Arial" style="font-family:Arial">Arial</option>
     <option value="Tahoma" style="font-family:Tahoma">Tahoma</option>
     <option value="Trebuchet MS" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS'">Trebuchet MS</option>
</select>[/code]

That should work! :)
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