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Design Web Typography How to Choose and Use Webfonts Webfont Hosting Services: Review

Posted by Carlo Hogeveen
Carlo Hogeveen
10,584 Points

"Sans" a generic font-family property?

On the question "You’re able to end a font stack any of with these terms except" the following possible answers were offered: "Serif", "Sans", "Fancy", "Monospace". I think there are two errors in this question. 1. "any of with" should be "with any of". 2. My interpretation is that this question asks for generic font-families, and according to my research "Sans" and "Fancy" are both wrong, and "Sans-serif" and "Fantasy" would have been correct possible answers. I had to pick one of the wrong answers, and picked "Sans", which was graded as wrong. Is it really, and if so why?

Phil Arnold
Phil Arnold
11,331 Points

I agree! The question is worded terribly!

"Sans" and "Fancy" are not valid generic font families.

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points

The forum is a great place to get help from other students, but may not be the most expedient (or even certain) way to contact the staff.

The recommended way to report bugs is described on the Support page.

FYI: according to the MDN page, the generic font family keywords are: serif, sans-serif, monospace, cursive, fantasy, and system-ui.

Carlo Hogeveen
Carlo Hogeveen
10,584 Points
Carlo Hogeveen
Carlo Hogeveen
10,584 Points

Phil, thanks for your confirmation. Steven, as a student I was hesitant to immediately claim a bug, but given Phil's confirmation and your implicit confirmation I will follow up on your suggestion, and be less hesitant in the future. Thanks.