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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