CSS font-styleProperty
Example
Set different font styles for three paragraphs:
p.normal {font-style:normal}
p.italic {font-style:italic}
p.oblique {font-style:oblique}
p.italic {font-style:italic}
p.oblique {font-style:oblique}
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Property definition and usage instructions
The font-style property specifies the font style of the text.
| Default value: | normal |
|---|---|
| Inherited: | yes |
| version: | CSS1 |
| JavaScript Syntax: | object.style.fontStyle="italic" |
Browser Support
The numbers in the table indicate the first browser version that supports the property.
| Property | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| font-style | 1.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
Property value
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| normal | Default value. The browser displays a standard font style. |
| italic | The browser displays an italic font style. |
| oblique | The browser displays an oblique font style. |
| inherit | Specifies that the font style should be inherited from the parent element. |
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