CSS font-style Property
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Description
This font-style CSS property defines the style of font for the element's text content.
The following table summarizes the usages context and the version history of this property.
| Default value: | normal |
|---|---|
| Applies to: | All elements |
| Inherited: | Yes |
| Animatable: | No. See animatable properties. |
| Version: | CSS 1, 2, 3 |
Syntax
The syntax of the property is given with:
The example below shows the font-style property in action.
Example
Try this code »p {
font-style: italic;
}Property Values
The following table describes the values of this property.
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
normal |
Selects a font that is classified as normal in the user agent's font database. |
italic |
Selects a font that is labeled italic in the user agent's font database, if that is not available, it will use one labeled oblique. |
oblique |
Selects a font that is labeled oblique in the user agent's font database. |
inherit |
If specified, the associated element takes the computed value of its parent element font-style property. |
Note: If no italic or oblique faces are available, an oblique face can be synthesized by rendering the normal face with a slanting transformation applied to them.
Browser Compatibility
The font-style property is supported in all major modern browsers.
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Basic Support—
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Further Reading
See tutorial on: CSS Fonts, CSS Text.
Related properties and at-rules: font, font-variant, font-weight, font-size, line-height, font-family, @font-face.
