FONT PROPERTIESCSS Font Properties :CSS Font property is used to control the look of texts. By the use of CSS font property you can change the text size, color, style and more. You have already studied how to make text bold or underlined. Here, you will also know how to resize your font using percentage. These are some important font attributes:
CSS font color is a standalone attribute in CSS although it seems that it is a part of CSS fonts. It is used to change the color of the text. There are three different formats to define a color: < !DOCTYPE html> < html> < head> < style> body { font-size: 100%; } h1 { color: blue; } h2 { color: #9000A1; } p { color:rgb(0, 220, 98); } < /style> < /head> < body> < h1>This is heading 1< /h1> < h2>This is heading 2< /h2> < p>This is a paragraph.< /p> < /body> < /html>Output : This is heading 1This is heading 2This is a paragraph. 2. CSS Font Family : CSS font family can be divided in two types: < !DOCTYPE html> < html> < head> < style> body { font-size: 100%; } h1 { font-family: sans-serif; } h2 { font-family: serif; } p { font-family: monospace; } < /style> < /head> < body> < h1>This heading is shown in sans-serif.< /h1> < h2>This heading is shown in serif.< /h2> < p>This paragraph is written in monospace.< /p> < /body> < /html>Output : This heading is shown in sans-serif.This heading is shown in serif.This paragraph is written in monospace. 3. CSS Font Size CSS font size property is used to change the size of the font.These are the possible values that can be used to set the font size: Font Size Value Description -------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- xx-small used to display the extremely small text size. x-small used to display the extra small text size. small used to display small text size. medium used to display medium text size. large used to display large text size. x-large used to display extra large text size. xx-large used to display extremely large text size. smaller used to display comparatively smaller text size. larger used to display comparatively larger text size. size in pixels or % used to set value in percentage or in pixels.Eg: < html> < head> < title>Practice CSS font-size property< /title> < /head> < body> < p style="font-size:xx-small;">This font size is extremely small.< /p> < p style="font-size:x-small;">This font size is extra small< /p> < p style="font-size:small;">This font size is small< /p> < p style="font-size:medium;">This font size is medium.< /p> < p style="font-size:large;">This font size is large.< /p> < p style="font-size:x-large;">This font size is extra large.< /p> < p style="font-size:xx-large;">This font size is extremely large.< /p> < p style="font-size:smaller;">This font size is smaller.< /p> < p style="font-size:larger;">This font size is larger.< /p> < p style="font-size:200%;">This font size is set on 200%.< /p> < p style="font-size:20px;">This font size is 20 pixels.< /p> < /body> < /html>Output : This font size is extremely small. This font size is extra small This font size is small This font size is medium. This font size is large. This font size is extra large. This font size is extremely large. This font size is smaller. This font size is larger. This font size is set on 200%. This font size is 20 pixels. 4. CSS Font StyleCSS Font style property defines what type of font you want to display. It may be italic, oblique, or normal. Eg: < !DOCTYPE html> < html> < head> < style> body {font-size: 100%;} h2 { font-style: italic; } h3 { font-style: oblique; } h4 { font-style: normal; } < /style> < /head> < body> < h2>This heading is shown in italic font.< /h2> < h3>This heading is shown in oblique font.< /h3> < h4>This heading is shown in normal font.< /h4> < /body> < /html>Output : This heading is shown in italic font.This heading is shown in oblique font.This heading is shown in normal font.5. CSS Font Variant CSS font variant property specifies how to set font variant of an element. It may be normal and small-caps. < !DOCTYPE html> < html> < head> < style> p { font-variant: small-caps; } h3 { font-variant: normal; } < /style> < /head> < body> < h3>This heading is shown in normal font.< /h3> < p>This paragraph is shown in small font.< /p> < /body> < /html>Output : This heading is shown in normal font.This paragraph is shown in small font. 6. CSS Font Weight CSS font weight property defines the weight of the font and specify that how bold a font is. The possible values of font weight may be normal, bold, bolder, lighter or number (100, 200..... upto 900). < !DOCTYPE html> < html> < body> < p style="font-weight:bold;">This font is bold.< /p> < p style="font-weight:bolder;">This font is bolder.< /p> < p style="font-weight:lighter;">This font is lighter.< /p> < p style="font-weight:100;">This font is 100 weight.< /p> < p style="font-weight:200;">This font is 200 weight.< /p> < p style="font-weight:300;">This font is 300 weight.< /p> < p style="font-weight:400;">This font is 400 weight.< /p> < p style="font-weight:500;">This font is 500 weight.< /p> < p style="font-weight:600;">This font is 600 weight.< /p> < p style="font-weight:700;">This font is 700 weight.< /p> < p style="font-weight:800;">This font is 800 weight.< /p> < p style="font-weight:900;">This font is 900 weight.< /p> < /body> |