CSS:font-style

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[edit] Summary

The font-style property specifies normal (also known as upright or roman), italic, and oblique faces within a font family.

• Initial value: normal
• Applies to: all elements
• Inherited: Yes
• Percentages: N/A
• Media: visual
• Computed value: specified value (except for initial and inherit)

[edit] Syntax

font-style: normal | italic | oblique

[edit] Values

normal, oblique, italic 

Specifies that the user-agent should choose the 'normal', 'oblique' or 'italic' typeface within the font-family.

[edit] Examples

View Live Examples

h1 { font-style: italic }
p { font-style: oblique }

[edit] Notes

[edit] Specifications

• CSS 1
• CSS 2.1
• css3-fonts

[edit] Browser compatibility

[edit] See also

font, font-family, font-size, font-size-adjust, font-stretch, font-style, font-variant, font-weight, @font-face