Property Description

The font-style property sets the font style for a text.

This property has the following syntax:

font-style: normal|italic|oblique|initial|inherit;

Property Values

Value	Description
normal	(default) Browser displays a normal font style
italic	Browser displays an italic font style
oblique	Browser displays an oblique font style
initial	Specifies that the value of the property should be set to the default value
inherit	Specifies that the value of the property should be inherited from the parent element

Examples

This example sets different font styles for three paragraphs.

p.normal {font-style: normal}
p.italic {font-style: italic}
p.oblique {font-style: oblique}

This example shows the results of setting the various font-style values:

Browser Support

Chrome	Firefox	IE	Safari	Opera
1.0	1.0	4.0	1.0	7.0

Miscellaneous Information

Inherited:	Yes
Defined In:	CSS1
Default Value:	normal