Hello, I'm new here; I decided to try sharing a story I've been working on.
But right away I'm having formatting problems with the chapter, specifically with regards to fonts.
It's been a common thing for books to use a secondary typeface for text that is printed in-world; I've seen this in printed books that have been around longer than I have. And I've seen options to change fonts on other sites for sharing stories that just operate as forums. Quite honestly, I expected that this site, one dedicated people sharing stories, would also have such a feature.
But I can't seem to find that option when I'm editing my chapter.
I thought at first that the site was using my selected fonts, because when I pasted my chapter into the editor I could see the specific fonts I had selected. But when I actually checked it after pushing the publish button, I found A LOT of my formatting had been removed, even though it was displayed earlier.
Even this forum lets me change the font family, but I'm not seeing that option when editing my chapter.
I have sections in my story that are presented as journal entries, and I need to distinguish this text from the conventional prose. I have been doing this by using a different font, which visibly shows that this is written text, not novel text.
Are there additional formatting options that are just not immediately viewable? Like can I select formatting/CSS options for a series to use, like with AO3? Or is this an option that is just locked out for new users? Or did I just somehow miss the text formatting tool?
How do I change fonts in a story?
But right away I'm having formatting problems with the chapter, specifically with regards to fonts.
It's been a common thing for books to use a secondary typeface for text that is printed in-world; I've seen this in printed books that have been around longer than I have. And I've seen options to change fonts on other sites for sharing stories that just operate as forums. Quite honestly, I expected that this site, one dedicated people sharing stories, would also have such a feature.
But I can't seem to find that option when I'm editing my chapter.
I thought at first that the site was using my selected fonts, because when I pasted my chapter into the editor I could see the specific fonts I had selected. But when I actually checked it after pushing the publish button, I found A LOT of my formatting had been removed, even though it was displayed earlier.
Even this forum lets me change the font family, but I'm not seeing that option when editing my chapter.
I have sections in my story that are presented as journal entries, and I need to distinguish this text from the conventional prose. I have been doing this by using a different font, which visibly shows that this is written text, not novel text.
Are there additional formatting options that are just not immediately viewable? Like can I select formatting/CSS options for a series to use, like with AO3? Or is this an option that is just locked out for new users? Or did I just somehow miss the text formatting tool?
How do I change fonts in a story?