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Styling Fonts with CSS

Concept

Styling Fonts with CSS

font-family, font-size, and font-weight control how text looks. line-height controls spacing between lines.

Listing several fonts in font-family, separated by commas, gives the browser fallbacks to try in order if the first choice isn't available on the user's device.

By the end of this lesson

Explain the core idea behind Styling Fonts with CSS.
Predict output before running a change.
Test one realistic and one unusual input.
Use the result to make the next decision.

How to study this page

1. Read one concept.
2. Change the example.
3. Run, compare, and explain.
4. Complete the challenge below.

Syntax

selector {
  font-family: "Font Name", fallback;
  font-size: 16px;
  font-weight: bold;
  line-height: 1.5;
}

ExampleRunnable

p {
  font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
  font-size: 16px;
  line-height: 1.6;
}

Try it Yourself »

Numeric font-weight values

h1 {
  font-weight: 700; /* same as bold */
}
p {
  font-weight: 400; /* same as normal */
}

Self-check before continuing

Without looking at the example, describe what changes when you modify one input in Styling Fonts with CSS. Then reopen the editor and prove your explanation with a small test.

You are ready to continue when you can predict, test, and explain the result.

Your turn

Style a heading with a custom font-family and a larger font-size.

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Console

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