January 2003
Beginner to intermediate
1200 pages
23h 42m
English
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Font Properties
Besides the text properties, probably the next most common set of style properties used is the font properties. I'll take a look at them here, starting with the font shorthand property.
font
CSS1 values: [[<font-style>||<font-variant>||<font-weight>]?<font-size>[/<line-height>]?<font-family>
CSS2 values: caption|icon|menu|message-box|small-caption|status-bar|inherit
Default value: Varies
Element support: All elements
Browser support: [IE3, IE4, IE5, IE6]
Style inherited: Yes
This shorthand property indicates font-style, font-variant, font-weight, font-size, line-height, and font-family properties. You list those properties in that order—and without commas between them, except between items in a list of alternate font families. You ...