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The font property

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The font property is, with exception of some system fonts, a shorthand property for setting all of the properties for a font in one declaration. 

Note: This property also has a sixth value: "line-height", which sets the space between lines.

Inherited: Yes

Example

p
{
font: italic bolder
}

p
{
font: italic small-caps bold 12px arial
}

p
{
font: oblique small-caps 900 12px/14px arial
}

p
{
font: menu
}

Possible Values

Value Description NN IE
font-style
font-variant
font-weight
font-size/line-height
font-family 		 Sets the properties for a font. The line-height value sets the space between lines. The value can be a number, a %, or a font size  4.0 4.0
caption Defines the font that are used by captioned controls (like buttons, drop-downs, etc.)   4.0
icon Defines the fonts that are used by icon labels   4.0
menu Defines the fonts that are used by dropdown menus   4.0
message-box Defines the fonts that are used by dialog boxes    
small-caption      
status-bar Defines the fonts that are used by window status bars    

Browser Notes

Note in Netscape 4.0+:
  • The "font-variant" value in this declaration does not work

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