Font Properties

Property	Description	Possible Values	Examples
font-family	Declares the name of the font to be used. Previously set in HTML via the face attribute in a <font> tag.	Valid font family names or generic family names, i.e. Arial, Verdana, sans-serif, "Times New Roman", Times, serif, etc.Font family names can be separated by a comma in the same declaration to allow additional and/or generic family names to be used if the prefereed font is unable to be displayed.	div { font-family:Arial; }div { font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; }
font-size	Declares the size of the font. Previously set in HTML via thesize attribute in a <font> tag.	Lengths (number and unit type— i.e. 1em, 12pt,10px, 80%) or one of the following predefined values: xx-small x-small small medium large x-large xx-large smaller larger	div { font-size:70%; }div { font-size:0.85em; } div { font-size:medium; }
font-size-adjust	Limited browser support: Was part of CSS 2, but not in CSS 2.1. This property may return in CSS 3.Declares the aspect value (font size divided by x-height).	Numeric value	div { font-size-adjust:0.54; }div { font-size-adjust:0.46; }
font-stretch	Limited browser support: Was part of CSS 2, but not in CSS 2.1. This property may return in CSS 3.Declares the stretch of the font face.	normal wider narrower ultra-condensed extra-condensed condensed semi-condensed semi-expanded expanded extra-expanded ultra-expanded	div { font-stretch:narrower; }div { font-stretch:ultra-expanded; }
font-style	Declares the font style.	normal italic oblique	div { font-style:italic; }div { font-style:oblique; }
font-variant	Declares the font variant.	normal small-caps	div { font-variant:normal; }div { font-variant:small-caps; }
font-weight	Declares the font weight (lightness or boldness)	normal bold bolder lighter 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900	div { font-weight:bolder; }div { font-weight:200; }
font	Used as a shorthand property to declare all of the font properties at once (except font-size-adjust and font-stretch).	Separate values by a space in the following order (those that are not defined will use inherited or default initial values): font-style font-variant font-weight font-size line-height font-family	div { font:italic small-caps bold 1em 1.2em Arial }div { font:bold 0.8em Verdana }