font-family
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
Thefont-family attribute indicates which font family will be used to render the text, specified as a prioritized list of font family names and/or generic family names.
Note:As a presentation attribute,font-family also has a CSS property counterpart:font-family. When both are specified, the CSS property takes priority.
You can use this attribute with the following SVG elements:
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Examples
>Controlling SVG font family
html
<svg viewBox="0 0 200 30" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <text y="20" font-family="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Sans serif</text> <text x="100" y="20" font-family="monospace">Monospace</text></svg>Usage notes
| Value | Seefont-family |
|---|---|
| Default value | Depends on user agent |
| Animatable | Yes |
For a description of the values, please refer to theCSSfont-family property.
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| CSS Fonts Module Level 4> # generic-font-families> |
| CSS Fonts Module Level 4> # font-family-prop> |
Browser compatibility
See also
- CSS
font-familyproperty