FontFace
The FontFace
interface represents a single usable font face. It allows control of the source of the font face, being a URL to an external resource, or a buffer; it also allows control of when the font face is loaded and its current status.
Constructor
FontFace()
-
Constructs and returns a new
FontFace
object, built from an external resource described by a URL or from anArrayBuffer
.
Properties
FontFace.ascentOverride
-
A string that retrieves or sets the ascent metric of the font. It is equivalent to the
ascent-override
descriptor. FontFace.descentOverride
-
A string that retrieves or sets the descent metric of the font. It is equivalent to the
descent-override
descriptor. FontFace.display
-
A string that determines how a font face is displayed based on whether and when it is downloaded and ready to use.
FontFace.family
-
A string that retrieves or sets the family of the font. It is equivalent to the
font-family
descriptor. FontFace.featureSettings
-
A string that retrieves or sets infrequently used font features that are not available from a font's variant properties. It is equivalent to the
font-feature-settings
descriptor. FontFace.lineGapOverride
-
A string that retrieves or sets the line-gap metric of the font. It is equivalent to the
line-gap-override
descriptor. FontFace.loaded
Read only-
Returns a
Promise
that resolves with the currentFontFace
object when the font specified in the object's constructor is done loading or rejects with aSyntaxError
DOMException
. FontFace.status
Read only-
Returns an enumerated value indicating the status of the font, one of
"unloaded"
,"loading"
,"loaded"
, or"error"
. FontFace.stretch
-
A string that retrieves or sets how the font stretches. It is equivalent to the
font-stretch
descriptor. FontFace.style
-
A string that retrieves or sets the style of the font. It is equivalent to the
font-style
descriptor. FontFace.unicodeRange
-
A string that retrieves or sets the range of unicode codepoints encompassing the font. It is equivalent to the
unicode-range
descriptor. FontFace.variant
-
A string that retrieves or sets the variant of the font. It is equivalent to the
font-variant
descriptor. FontFace.variationSettings
-
A string that retrieves or sets the variation settings of the font. It is equivalent to the
font-variation-settings
descriptor. FontFace.weight
-
A string that contains the weight of the font. It is equivalent to the
font-weight
descriptor.
FontFace.load()
-
Loads a font based on current object's constructor-passed requirements, including a location or source buffer, and returns a
Promise
that resolves with the current FontFace object.
Specifications
Specification |
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CSS Font Loading Module Level 3 # fontface-interface |
Browser compatibility
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