Font family (HTML)

In HTML and XHTML, a font face or font family is a typeface, or generic type family.

The font family and other presentational attributes of fonts are applied in HTML code using the deprecated HTML font element type, or using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). In HTML code:

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Using inline CSS:

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Font family is specified as a list of typefaces which may or may not be present on a computer. The last family specified is usually one of the five generic families defined in HTML and CSS:

(Under Windows API, they are identified as Roman, Swiss, Script, Decorative, and Modern, respectively).

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There may be many other font families; however, you cannot expect them to be universally supported. Just see what your browser can make out of it:

The actual appearance will depend on your browser and the fonts installed on your system. A default installation of Windows Internet Explorer, for instance, always displays Serif and Times as Times New Roman, and Sans-serif and Helvetica as Arial.

See also: HTML_element#Presentational_markup.