font
Quick Summary for font
The font CSS shorthand property sets all the different properties of an element's font. Alternatively, it sets an element's font to a system font.
Code Usage for font
/* Set the font size to 12px and the line height to 14px.    Set the font family to sans-serif */ p { font: 12px/14px sans-serif }  /* Set the font size to 80% of the parent element    or default value (if no parent element present).    Set the font family to sans-serif */ p { font: 80% sans-serif }  /* Set the font weight to bold,    the font-style to italic,    the font size to large,    and the font family to serif. */ p { font: bold italic large serif }  /* Use the same font as the status bar of the window */ p { font: status-bar } 
More Details for font

font

The font CSS shorthand property sets all the different properties of an element's font. Alternatively, it sets an element's font to a system font.

As with any shorthand property, any individual value that is not specified is set to its corresponding initial value (possibly overriding values previously set using non-shorthand properties). Though not directly settable by font, the longhands font-size-adjust and font-kerning are also reset to their initial values.

Constituent properties

This property is a shorthand for the following CSS properties:

font-family font-size font-stretch font-style font-variant font-weight line-height

Syntax

The font property may be specified as either a single keyword, which will select a system font, or as a shorthand for various font-related properties.

If font is specified as a system keyword, it must be one of: caption, icon, menu, message-box, small-caption, status-bar.

If font is specified as a shorthand for several font-related properties, then:

it must include values for: <font-size> <font-family> it may optionally include values for: <font-style> <font-variant> <font-weight> <font-stretch> <line-height> font-style, font-variant and font-weight must precede font-size font-variant may only specify the values defined in CSS 2.1, that is normal and small-caps font-stretch may only be a single keyword value. line-height must immediately follow font-size, preceded by "/", like this: "16px/3" font-family must be the last value specified.

Values

<'font-style'>

See the font-style CSS property.

<'font-variant'>

See the font-variant CSS property.

<'font-weight'>

See the font-weight CSS property.

<'font-stretch'>

See the font-stretch CSS property.

<'font-size'>

See the font-size CSS property.

<'line-height'>

See the line-height CSS property.

<'font-family'>

See the font-family CSS property.

System font values caption

The system font used for captioned controls (e.g., buttons, drop-downs, etc.).

icon

The system font used to label icons.

menu

The system font used in menus (e.g., dropdown menus and menu lists).

message-box

The system font used in dialog boxes.

small-caption

The system font used for labeling small controls.

status-bar

The system font used in window status bars.

Prefixed system font keywords

Browsers often implement several more, prefixed, keywords: Gecko implements -moz-window, -moz-document, -moz-desktop, -moz-info, -moz-dialog, -moz-button, -moz-pull-down-menu, -moz-list, and -moz-field.

Formal definition

Initial valueas each of the properties of the shorthand:font-style: normalfont-variant: normalfont-weight: normalfont-stretch: normalfont-size: mediumline-height: normalfont-family: depends on user agent
Applies toall elements. It also applies to ::first-letter and ::first-line.
Inheritedyes
Percentagesas each of the properties of the shorthand:font-size: refer to the parent element's font sizeline-height: refer to the font size of the element itself
Computed valueas each of the properties of the shorthand:font-style: as specifiedfont-variant: as specifiedfont-weight: the keyword or the numerical value as specified, with bolder and lighter transformed to the real valuefont-stretch: as specifiedfont-size: as specified, but with relative lengths converted into absolute lengthsline-height: for percentage and length values, the absolute length, otherwise as specifiedfont-family: as specified
Animation typeas each of the properties of the shorthand:font-style: discretefont-variant: discretefont-weight: a font weightfont-stretch: a font stretchfont-size: a lengthline-height: either number or lengthfont-family: discrete

Formal syntax

[ [ <'font-style'> || <font-variant-css21> || <'font-weight'> || <'font-stretch'> ]? <'font-size'> [ / <'line-height'> ]? <'font-family'> ] | caption | icon | menu | message-box | small-caption | status-bar

where <font-variant-css21> = [ normal | small-caps ]

Examples

Setting font properties

/* Set the font size to 12px and the line height to 14px.    Set the font family to sans-serif */ p { font: 12px/14px sans-serif }  /* Set the font size to 80% of the parent element    or default value (if no parent element present).    Set the font family to sans-serif */ p { font: 80% sans-serif }  /* Set the font weight to bold,    the font-style to italic,    the font size to large,    and the font family to serif. */ p { font: bold italic large serif }  /* Use the same font as the status bar of the window */ p { font: status-bar } 

Live sample

Specifications

Specification
CSS Fonts Module Level 4 # font-prop

See also

font-style font-weight Fundamental text and font styling

Last modified: Sep 20, 2021, by MDN contributors

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