CSS Property: font
Font characteristics. Some, or all, of font name, font size, boldness, italics, small-caps, and line-height.
A shorthand property that combines:
Possible Values
A list of values taken from font-family, font-size, font-weight, font-style, font-variant, and line-height (see individual property pages for details of the possible values for each characteristic):
[style] [variant] [weight] [size]/[line-height] [family]
Example: italic small-caps bold 12px/1.5 Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
The font-size and font-family value portions are required but the others are optional. Any excluded values will default to their initial value.
inherit, initial, or unset can also be used on their lonesome.
Example
.shorthand1 { font: italic small-caps bold 12px/1.5 Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; }
/* ...is the equivalent of... */
.longhand1 {
font-style: italic;
font-variant: small-caps;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 12px;
line-height: 1.5;
font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
}
.shorthand2 { font: bold 1.5em Times, "Times New Roman", serif; }
/* ...is the equivalent of... */
.longhand2 {
font-style: initial;
font-variant: initial;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 1.5em;
line-height: initial;
font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;
}