CSS font Property
Example
Set some font properties with the shorthand declaration:
p.a
{
font: 15px Arial, sans-serif;
}
p.b
{
font: italic small-caps bold 12px/30px Georgia, serif;
}
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More "Try it Yourself" examples below.
Definition and Usage
The font property is a shorthand property for:
The font-size and font-family values are required. If one of the other values is missing, their default value are used.
Note: The line-height property sets the space between lines.
| Default value: | The default value of the font properties |
|---|---|
| Inherited: | yes |
| Animatable: | yes, see individual properties. Read about animatable Try it |
| Version: | CSS1 |
| JavaScript syntax: | object.style.font="italic small-caps bold 12px arial,sans-serif" Try it |
Browser Support
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.
| Property | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| font | 1.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.5 |
Note: See individual browser support for each value below.
CSS Syntax
font: font-style font-variant font-weight font-size/line-height font-family|caption|icon|menu|message-box|small-caption|status-bar|initial|inherit;
Property Values
| Property/Value | Description |
|---|---|
| font-style | Specifies the font style. Default value is "normal" |
| font-variant | Specifies the font variant. Default value is "normal" |
| font-weight | Specifies the font weight. Default value is "normal" |
| font-size/line-height | Specifies the font size and the line-height. Default value is "normal" |
| font-family | Specifies the font family. Default value depends on the browser |
| 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 |
| initial | Sets this property to its default value. Read about initial |
| inherit | Inherits this property from its parent element. Read about inherit |
More Examples
Example
A demonstration of some of the other font property values.
<p style="font:caption">The browser font used in captioned controls.</p>
<p style="font:icon">The browser font used in icon labels.</p>
<p style="font:menu">The browser font used in dropdown menus.</p>
<p style="font:message-box">The browser font used in dialog boxes.</p>
<p style="font:small-caption">A smaller version of the caption font.</p>
<p style="font:status-bar">The browser font used in the status bar.</p>
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Related Pages
CSS tutorial: CSS Font
HTML DOM reference: font property
