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Embedding Fonts

There are thousands of fonts, so why limit yourself to Arial and Times? If you want to use a less common font, you can embed it into your document to make it available to your users. An example is below:

@font-face {
    font-family:”sample EOT”;
    src: url(sample.eot);
}
@font-face {
  font-family: sample;
  src: url(‘sample.ttf’) format(“truetype”);
}

p { font-family:”sample EOT”, sample; }

You must write the @font-face rule twice as shown in the above example. This tip will work with any HTML or XHTML document, including Flare and RoboHelp topics.

Centering a Table

You can center a table by setting its margin-left and margin-right properties. The secret is to set their values to “auto” instead of a pixel or percentage value:

table {
  margin-left: auto;
  margin-right: auto;
}

Flare-specific CSS Tips

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