Why would font names need quotes?

Question

As far as I know, one needs to use double or single quotes for fonts if they contain spaces, like:

font-family: \"Times New Roman\", Times; 
font-family: \'T         


        

Answer 1

You have to use quotes when there is a space in the font name. If there is no space in the font name, it's best practice to leave them off, although it won't hurt anything but your file size to have them still.

Examples:

font-family: "Times New Roman", Times; // ok, and best practice
font-family: Times New Roman, Times; // incorrect, Browser won't be able to find Times New Roman
font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times"; // ok, but has extraneous quotes around Times