font-style

The font-style attribute specifies whether the text is to be rendered using a normal, italic or oblique face.

As a presentation attribute, it also can be used as a property directly inside a CSS stylesheet, see css font-style for further information.

Usage context

Categories	Presentation attribute
Value	normal | italic | oblique | inherit
Animatable	Yes
Normative document	SVG 1.1 (2nd Edition)

Example

css

p.normal {font-style:normal;}
p.italic {font-style:italic;}
p.oblique {font-style:oblique;}

html

<p class="normal">This is a paragraph, normal.</p>
<p class="italic">This is a paragraph, italic.</p>
<p class="oblique">This is a paragraph, oblique.</p>

Elements

The following elements can use the font-style attribute

• Text content elements »

See also

• css font-style