CSS: font-family
font-family property lets you specify a font.
Example:
body { font-family: Arial, sans-serif; } pre {font-family: Consolas, Menlo, monospace;}
Possible Font Values
Value can be a single value e.g.
font-family: Arial;
or a sequence of values, like this
font-family: Consolas, Menlo, monospace;
Browser will use the first one available on user's computer.
Generic Font Names
There are these special generic values:
serif- a serif font browser uses as default.
sans-serif- a sans serif font browser uses as default.
monospace- a fixed-width font browser uses as default.
cursive- a cursive font browser uses as default.
fantasy- a fantasy font browser uses as default.
system-ui- user's operating system font.
Here is how it looks in macOS.
Quote Font Name that Has Space
If font name contains space, it should be quoted. (no quote often works but may not if the font name start with a number or is a CSS keyword. )
h1 { font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; }
Font Name is Not Case Sensitive
For font examples, see Common Web Fonts
