The font-family attribute indicates which font family will be used to render the text, specified as a prioritized list of font family names and/or generic family names.
Note: As a presentation attribute, font-family can be used as a CSS property. See the css font-family property for more information.
As a presentation attribute, it can be applied to any element but it has effect only on the following eight elements: <altGlyph>, <text>, <textPath>, <tref>, and <tspan>
html, body, svg {
height: 100%;
}
<svg viewBox="0 0 200 30" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <text y="20" font-family="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Sans serif</text> <text x="100" y="20" font-family="monospace">Monospace</text> </svg>
Usage notes
| Value | [ <family-name> | <generic-family> ]# where |
|---|---|
| Default value | Depends on user agent |
| Animatable | Yes |
For a description of the values, please refer to the CSS font-family property.
Specifications
| Specification | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| CSS Fonts Module Level 4 The definition of 'generic font families' in that specification. |
Working Draft | Adds new generic font families, specifically: system-ui, emoji, math, and fangsong. |
| CSS Fonts Module Level 3 The definition of 'font-family' in that specification. |
Candidate Recommendation | No significant change |
| Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition) The definition of 'font-family' in that specification. |
Recommendation | Initial definition |
Browser compatibility
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| Desktop | Mobile | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
font-family | Chrome ? | Edge ? | Firefox ? | IE ? | Opera ? | Safari ? | WebView Android ? | Chrome Android ? | Edge Mobile ? | Firefox Android ? | Opera Android ? | Safari iOS ? | Samsung Internet Android ? |
Legend
- Compatibility unknown
- Compatibility unknown