font-style
Quick Summary for font-style (@font-face)
font-style CSS descriptor allows authors to specify font styles for the fonts specified in the @font-face rule.
Code Usage for font-style (@font-face)
font-style: normal; font-style: italic; font-style: oblique; font-style: oblique 30deg; font-style: oblique 30deg 50deg; More Details for font-style (@font-face)
font-style
The font-style CSS descriptor allows authors to specify font styles for the fonts specified in the @font-face rule.
For a particular font family, authors can download various font faces which correspond to the different styles of the same font family, and then use the font-style descriptor to explicitly specify the font face's style. The values for the CSS descriptor is same as that of its corresponding font property.
Syntax
font-style: normal; font-style: italic; font-style: oblique; font-style: oblique 30deg; font-style: oblique 30deg 50deg; Values
normal Selects the normal version of the font-family.
italic Specifies that font-face is an italicized version of the normal font.
oblique Specifies that the font-face is an artificially sloped version of the normal font.
oblique with angle Selects a font classified as oblique, and additionally specifies an angle for the slant of the text.
oblique with angle range Selects a font classified as oblique, and additionally specifies a range of allowable angle for the slant of the text. Note that a range is only supported when the font-style is oblique; for font-style: normal or italic, no second value is allowed.
Formal definition
| Related at-rule | @font-face |
|---|---|
| Initial value | normal |
| Computed value | as specified |
Formal syntax
normal | italic | oblique <angle>{0,2}Examples
Specifying an italic font style
As an example, consider the garamond font family, in its normal form, we get the following result:
@font-face { font-family: garamond; src: url('garamond.ttf'); }
The italicized version of this text uses the same glyphs present in the unstyled version, but they are artificially sloped by a few degrees.
On the other hand, if a true italicized version of the font family exists, we can include it in the src descriptor and specify the font style as italic, so that it is clear that the font is italicized. True italics use different glyphs and are a bit different from their upright counterparts, having some unique features and generally have a rounded and calligraphic quality. These fonts are specially created by font designers and are not artificially sloped.
@font-face { font-family: garamond; src: url('garamond-italic.ttf'); font-style: italic; }
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| CSS Fonts Module Level 4 # font-prop-desc |
See also
font-display font-family font-stretch font-weight font-variant font-feature-settings font-variation-settings src unicode-range Last modified: Aug 12, 2021, by MDN contributors
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