font-family

The font-family CSS descriptor allows authors to specify the font family for the font specified in an @font-face rule.

Syntax

/* <string> values */
font-family: "font family";
font-family: 'another font family';

/* <custom-ident> value */
font-family: examplefont;

Values

<family-name>

Specifies the name of the font family.

Formal definition

Formal syntax

<family-name>
where 
<family-name> = <string> | <custom-ident>+

Examples

Setting the font family name

@font-face {
  font-family: examplefont;
  src: url('examplefont.ttf');
}

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• font-display
• font-stretch
• font-style
• font-weight
• font-variant
• font-feature-settings
• font-variation-settings
• src
• unicode-range