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CSS font Property
Example
Specify all the font properties in one declaration:
p.ex1
{
font:15px arial,sans-serif;
}
p.ex2
{
font:italic bold 12px/30px Georgia, serif;
}
{
font:15px arial,sans-serif;
}
p.ex2
{
font:italic bold 12px/30px Georgia, serif;
}
Try it yourself »
More examples at the bottom of this page.
Definition and Usage
The font shorthand property sets all the font properties in one declaration.
The properties that can be set, are (in order): "font-style font-variant font-weight font-size/line-height font-family"
The font-size and font-family values are required. If one of the other values are missing, the default values will be inserted, if any.
Note: The line-height property sets the space between lines.
| Default value: | not specified |
|---|---|
| Inherited: | yes |
| Version: | CSS1 |
| JavaScript syntax: | object.style.font="italic small-caps bold 12px arial,sans-serif" |
Browser Support
The font property is supported in all major browsers.
Note: The value "inherit" is not supported in IE7 and earlier. IE8 requires a !DOCTYPE. IE9 supports "inherit".
Font Properties
| Property/Value | Description |
|---|---|
| font-style | Specifies the font style. See font-style for possible values |
| font-variant | Specifies the font variant. See font-variant for possible values |
| font-weight | Specifies the font weight. See font-weight for possible values |
| font-size/line-height | Specifies the font size and the line-height. See font-size and line-height for possible values |
| font-family | Specifies the font family. See font-family for possible values |
| caption | Uses the font that are used by captioned controls (like buttons, drop-downs, etc.) |
| icon | Uses the font that are used by icon labels |
| menu | Uses the fonts that are used by dropdown menus |
| message-box | Uses the fonts that are used by dialog boxes |
| small-caption | A smaller version of the caption font |
| status-bar | Uses the fonts that are used by the status bar |
| inherit | Specifies that the value of the font property should be inherited from the parent element |
Try it Yourself - Examples
Some of the other font property values
This example demonstrates some of the other font property values.
Related Pages
CSS tutorial: CSS Font
HTML DOM reference: font property
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