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CSS Fonts

Font family, size, weight, style and web fonts.

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Font properties control the typeface of your text:

  • font-family: a list of fonts, ending with a generic family like sans-serif, serif or monospace.
  • font-size: e.g. 16px, 1.25rem.
  • font-weight: normal, bold or 100–900.
  • font-style: normal or italic.

Web fonts

Services like Google Fonts let you use thousands of fonts. Link the font in your HTML, then use its name in font-family.

Use rem for font sizes. It respects the user's browser settings and scales well.

Key Takeaways: CSS Fonts

Mastering CSS Fonts helps you write clean and reliable CSS code. Follow standard conventions, test edge cases, and keep logic simple. Try running the code example below and complete the exercises to build confidence.

CSS Fonts Code Example

CSS 
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Poppins:wght@400;800&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
<style>
  .serif { font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 1.3rem; }
  .mono  { font-family: "Courier New", monospace; }
  .web   { font-family: "Poppins", sans-serif; font-weight: 800; font-size: 2rem; color: #071A2F; }
  .light { font-weight: 300; font-style: italic; }
</style>

<p class="serif">A serif font (Georgia)</p>
<p class="mono">A monospace font</p>
<p class="web">Poppins from Google Fonts</p>
<p class="light">Light and italic</p>
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CSS Fonts Practice Exercises

Check what you learned in “CSS Fonts”.

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Make the text bold.

p {
  font-weight: ;
}
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Multiple choice

Why should a font-family list end with a generic family like sans-serif?

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Code challenge

Make the paragraph italic and 18px.

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