W3Schools.com

CSS Reference

CSS Reference
CSS Selectors
CSS Reference Aural
CSS Web Safe Fonts
CSS Units
CSS Colors
CSS Color Values
CSS Color Names
CSS Color HEX
CSS3 Browser Support

CSS Properties

animation
appearance
backface-visibility
background
border
bottom
box
caption-side
clear
clip
color
column
content
counter-increment
counter-reset
cursor
direction
display
empty-cells
float
font
grid-columns
grid-rows
hanging-punctuation
height
icon
@keyframes
left
letter-spacing
line-height
list-style
margin
max-height
max-width
min-height
min-width
nav
opacity
outline
overflow
overflow-x
overflow-y
padding
page-break
perspective
perspective-origin
position
punctuation-trim
quotes
resize
right
rotation
rotation-point
table-layout
target
text
top
transform
transition
vertical-align
visibility
width
white-space
word-spacing
word-break
word-wrap
z-index

CSS font Property

CSS Reference Complete CSS Reference

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;
}

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

Internet Explorer Firefox Opera Google Chrome Safari

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".

Property Values

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

Examples

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

CSS Reference Complete CSS Reference