Specify all the font properties in one declaration:
More "Try it Yourself" examples below.
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: | The default value of all the font properties |
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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 |
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.
Property | |||||
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font | 1.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.5 |
Note: See individual browser support for each value below.
Property/Value | Description |
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font-style | Specifies the font style. Default value is "normal". See font-style for possible values |
font-variant | Specifies the font variant. Default value is "normal". See font-variant for possible values |
font-weight | Specifies the font weight. Default value is "normal". See font-weight for possible values |
font-size/line-height | Specifies the font size and the line-height. Default value is "normal". See font-size and line-height for possible values |
font-family | Specifies the font family. Default value depends on the browser. 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 |
initial | Sets this property to its default value. Read about initial |
inherit | Inherits this property from its parent element. Read about inherit |
A demonstration of some of the other font property values.
CSS tutorial: CSS Font
HTML DOM reference: font property