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@font-face.font-style

The font-style CSS descriptor allows authors to specify font styles for the fonts specified in the @font-face rule.

For a particular font family, authors can download various font faces which correspond to the different styles of the same font family, and then use the font-style descriptor to explicitly specify the font face's style. The values for the CSS descriptor is same as that of its corresponding font property.

Related at-rule @font-face
Initial value normal
Media all
Computed value as specified
Canonical order the unique non-ambiguous order defined by the formal grammar

Syntax

font-style: normal;
font-style: italic;
font-style: oblique;
font-style: oblique 30deg;
font-style: oblique 30deg 50deg;

Values

normal
Selects the normal version of the font-family.
italic
Specifies that font-face is an italicized version of the normal font.
oblique
Specifies that the font-face is an artificially sloped version of the normal font.
oblique with angle
Selects a font classified as oblique, and additionally specifies an angle for the slant of the text.
oblique with angle range
Selects a font classified as oblique, and additionally specifies a range of allowable angle for the slant of the text. Note that a range is only supported when the font-style is oblique; for font-style: normal or italic, no second value is allowed.

Formal syntax

normal | italic | oblique <angle>{0,2}

Examples

As an example, consider the garamond font family, in its normal form, we get the following result:

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

unstyled Garamond

The italicized version of this text uses the same glyphs present in the unstyled version, but they are artificially sloped by a few degrees.

artificially sloped garamond

On the other hand, if a true italicized version of the font family exists, we can include it in the src descriptor and specify the font style as italic, so that it is clear that the font is italicized. True italics use different glyphs and are a bit different from their upright counterparts, having some unique features and generally have a rounded and calligraphic quality. These fonts are specially created by font designers and are not artificially sloped.

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

italic garamond

Specifications

Specification Status Comment
CSS Fonts Module Level 4
The definition of 'font-style' in that specification.
Working Draft Adds oblique keyword with angle value
CSS Fonts Module Level 3
The definition of 'font-style' in that specification.
Candidate Recommendation Initial definition

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

Desktop
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari
Basic support 4 ? 3.5 4 10 3.1
Mobile
Android webview Chrome for Android Edge Mobile Firefox for Android Opera for Android iOS Safari Samsung Internet
Basic support Yes ? ? 4 10 Yes Yes

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