index.md

---

title: font-family
slug: Web/CSS/@font-face/font-family
page-type: css-at-rule-descriptor
browser-compat: css.at-rules.font-face.font-family

---

{{CSSRef}}

The font-family CSS descriptor sets the font family for a font specified in an {{cssxref("@font-face")}} rule.

The value is used for name matching against a particular @font-face when styling elements using the font-family property. Any name may be used, and this overrides any name specified in the underlying font data.

Syntax

/* <string> values */
font-family: "font family";
font-family: "another font family";

/* <custom-ident> value */
font-family: examplefont;

Values

• <family-name>

  • : Specifies the name of the font family.

Formal definition

{{cssinfo}}

Formal syntax

{{csssyntax}}

Examples

Setting the font family name

@font-face {
  font-family: "Some font family";
  src: url("some_font_name.ttf");
}

Specifications

{{Specifications}}

Browser compatibility

{{Compat}}

See also

• {{cssxref("@font-face/font-display", "font-display")}}

• {{cssxref("@font-face/font-stretch", "font-stretch")}}

• {{cssxref("@font-face/font-style", "font-style")}}

• {{cssxref("@font-face/font-weight", "font-weight")}}

• {{cssxref("font-feature-settings", "font-feature-settings")}}

• {{cssxref("@font-face/font-variation-settings", "font-variation-settings")}}

• {{cssxref("@font-face/src", "src")}}

• {{cssxref("@font-face/unicode-range", "unicode-range")}}