Quick Reference
The @font-face rule allows for the use of fonts other than “web-safe” fonts. A font name is defined for the font and then the custom font is pointed to it.
This is NOT specific to any elements. It is just used to load the font for use in the font-family property to apply to an element.
@font-face {
font-family: "Open Sans";
src: url("/fonts/opensans-regular-webfont.woff2") format("woff2"),
url("/fonts/opensans-regular-webfont.woff") format("woff");
}Note
The @font-face rule is used to include optional fonts and store them locally which can be quicker for the browser to retrieve. Any font can be downloaded and stored locally and referred to using the @font-face rule.
Values
These are the allowed values.
| Font Descriptor | Values | Description |
|---|---|---|
| font-family | name | Defines the name of the font (required) |
| src | URL | Defines the URL(s) where the font should be downloaded from (required) |
| font-stretch | normal condensed ultra-condensed extra-condensed semi-condensed expanded semi-expanded extra-expanded ultra-expanded | Defines how the font should be stretched (default value is "normal") |
| font-style | normal italic oblique | Defines how the font should be styled (default value is "normal") |
| font-weight | normal bold 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 | Defines the boldness of the font (default value is "normal") |
| unicode-range | unicode-range | Defines the range of unicode characters the font supports (default value is "U+0-10FFFF") |
CSS Notes:
- The “inherit”, “initial” and “unset” keywords can be used with any CSS property to set its value
- In CSS there are many ways to express a color value in a property
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