Nick K

How to Apply Global Font to the Entire HTML Document?

Nick K

Updated on 15-Mar-2026 648 Views

Sometimes we want to set a base attribute to everything and allow more specific selectors to adjust it for certain elements as needed. There are also cases, especially when doing brief temporary testing, where we want a font to apply to all text no matter what. Syntax /* Universal selector approach */ * { font-family: font-name; } /* With !important for absolute priority */ * { font-family: font-name !important; } Method 1: Using Universal Selector We can use the CSS universal selector (*) to select ...