Javascript Reference - HTML DOM Style fontStyle Property

The fontStyle property sets or gets font style.

The style of the font can be normal, italic or oblique.

Browser Support


`fontStyle`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Syntax

Return the fontStyle property:

var v = object.style.fontStyle

Set the fontStyle property:

object.style.fontStyle='normal|italic|oblique|initial|inherit'

Property Values

Value	Description
normal	Default. normal font.
italic	italic font
oblique	oblique font
initial	Sets to default value.
inherit	Inherits from parent element.

Technical Details

Default Value:	normal
Return Value:	A string representing the font style
CSS Version	CSS1

Example

The following code shows how to set the font style to "italic".


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<p id="myP">This is a paragraph.</p>
<button type="button" onclick="myFunction()">test</button> 
<script>
function myFunction() {<!--from   w w w . ja  va  2s .c  om-->
    document.getElementById("myP").style.fontStyle = "italic";
}
</script>
</body>
</html>

The code above is rendered as follows:

Example 2

A demonstration of various possible values for font style.


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<!--from   www .ja  va  2s.  c  o m-->
<p id="myP">This is a paragraph.</p>

<select onchange="myFunction(this);">
  <option>normal</option>
  <option>italic</option>
  <option>oblique</option>
</select>
 
<script>
function myFunction(selectTag) {
    var listValue = selectTag.options[selectTag.selectedIndex].text;
    document.getElementById("myP").style.fontStyle = listValue;
}
</script>
</body>
</html>

The code above is rendered as follows:

Example 3

The following code shows how to get the font style.


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<p id="myP" style="font-style:italic;">This is a paragraph.</p>
<button type="button" onclick="myFunction()">test</button>
 <!--from  w  w w.  j  av a 2 s  .co  m-->
<script>
function myFunction() {
    console.log(document.getElementById("myP").style.fontStyle);
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

The code above is rendered as follows: