font-family
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The font-family CSS descriptor sets the font family for a font specified in an {{cssxref("@font-face")}} at-rule.
The value is used for name matching against a particular @font-face when styling elements using the font-family property.
Any name may be used, and this overrides any name specified in the underlying font data.
Syntax
/* <string> values */
font-family: "font family";
font-family: "another font family";
/* <custom-ident> value */
font-family: example-font;
Values
<family-name>- : Specifies the name of the font family.
Formal definition
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Formal syntax
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Examples
Setting the font family name
@font-face {
font-family: "Some font family";
src: url("some_font_name.ttf");
}
Specifications
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Browser compatibility
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See also
{{cssxref("@font-face/font-display", "font-display")}}{{cssxref("@font-face/font-stretch", "font-stretch")}}{{cssxref("@font-face/font-style", "font-style")}}{{cssxref("@font-face/font-weight", "font-weight")}}{{cssxref("font-feature-settings", "font-feature-settings")}}{{cssxref("@font-face/font-variation-settings", "font-variation-settings")}}{{cssxref("@font-face/src", "src")}}{{cssxref("@font-face/unicode-range", "unicode-range")}}