Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide

Name

font — IE4 P/Q | IE5 P/Y | NN4 P/P | Op3 Y/-

Synopsis

This is a shorthand property for the other font properties. Any of these values may be omitted except for font-size and font-family, which are always required for a valid font declaration. Note the following incorrect examples.

Example

P {font: bold 12pt/14pt Helvetica,sans-serif;}
P.wrong {font: bold Helvetica,sans-serif;} /* missing a font-size */
P.wrong {font: 12pt Times,serif bold;}   /* font-weight must come before others */
P.wrong {font: 12pt italic Times;}   /* font-style must come before font-size */
P.fancy {font: 14pt Author;}   /* technically correct, although generic font-families are encouraged for fallback purposes */

Values

[ <font-style> || <font-variant> || <font-weight> ]? <font-size> [ / <line-height> ] ? <font-family>

Default

refer to individual properties

Inherited

yes

Applies to

all elements