font-style

The font-style CSS property specifies whether a font should be styled with a normal, italic, or oblique face from its font-family.

font-style: normal;
font-style: italic;
font-style: oblique;

/* Global values */
font-style: inherit;
font-style: initial;
font-style: unset;

Italic font faces are generally cursive in nature, usually using less horizontal space than their unstyled counterparts, while oblique faces are usually just sloped versions of the regular face. When the specified style is not available, both italic and oblique faces are simulated by artificially sloping the glyphs of the regular face (use font-synthesis to control this behavior).

Syntax

The font-style property is specified as a single keyword chosen from the list of values below.

Values

normal

Selects a font that is classified as normal within a font-family.

italic

Selects a font that is classified as italic. If no italic version of the face is available, one classified as oblique is used instead. If neither is available, the style is artificially simulated.

oblique

Selects a font that is classified as oblique. If no oblique version of the face is available, one classified as italic is used instead. If neither is available, the style is artificially simulated.

Formal syntax

normal | italic | oblique

Examples

Font styles

<p class="normal">This paragraph is normal.</p>
<p class="italic">This paragraph is italic.</p>
<p class="oblique">This paragraph is oblique.</p>

.normal {
  font-style: normal;
}

.italic {
  font-style: italic;
}

.oblique {
  font-style: oblique;
}

Specific​ations

Browser compatibility

[1] Before Firefox 44, Gecko didn't distinguish oblique from italic. Since then, it uses the correct face, if available.