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CSS - font
Description
The font property is a shorthand property used to affect the rendering of text.
Possible Values
Possible values will depend on how we are using this property.
<font-style> − Any permitted value for the property font-style.
<font-variant> − Any permitted value for the property font-variant.
<font-weight> − Any permitted value for the property font-weight.
<font-size> − Any permitted value for the property font-size.
<font-family> − Any permitted value for the property font-family.
<line-height> − Any permitted value for the property line-height.
caption − The font used by the operating system for captioned controls (e.g., buttons and drop-down menus). This is one of the "system font" values.
icon − The font used by the operating system to label icons. This is one of the "system font" values.
menu − The font used by the operating system in menus (e.g., drop-down menus and menu lists). This is one of the "system font" values.
message-box − The font used by the operating system within dialog boxes (e.g., warning dialogs). This is one of the "system font" values.
small-caption − The font used by the operating system to label small controls. This is one of the "system font" values.
status-bar − The font used by the operating system in window status bars. This is one of the "system font" values.
Applies to
All the HTML elements.
DOM Syntax
object.style.font = "bold italic small-caps 250%/1.2 sans-serif";
Example
Here is the example using shorthand font property −
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<p style = "font:italic small-caps bold 15px georgia;">
Applying all the properties on the text at once.
</p>
</body>
</html>
This will produce following result −