font-style Attribute | fontStyle Property

Sets or retrieves the font style of the object as italic, normal, or oblique.

Syntax

HTML { font-style: sStyle }

Scripting object.style.fontStyle [ = sStyle ]

HTML	{ font-style: sStyle }
Scripting	object.style.fontStyle [ = sStyle ]

Possible Values

sStyle String that specifies one of the following values:

normal Font is normal.

italic Font is italic.

oblique Font is italic.

The property is read/write with a default value of normal; the cascading style sheets (CSS) attribute is inherited.

Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see Dynamic Properties.

Remarks

The oblique value is available as of Internet Explorer 4.0. Internet Explorer 4.0 renders italic and oblique identically.

Example

The following examples use the font-style attribute and the fontStyle property to change font characteristics.

This example uses H3 as a selector to set the font style to italic in H3 headings.

Sample Code
<STYLE>
    H3 { font-style:italic }
</STYLE>
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This example uses inline scripting to set the font style to italic when an onmousedown event occurs.
<DIV onmousedown="this.style.fontStyle='italic'"> 
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Applies To

[ Object Name ]

Platform Version

Win16:

Win32:

Mac:

Unix:

WinCE:

Version data is listed when the mouse hovers over a link, or the link has focus.

A, ADDRESS, B, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CODE, COL, COLGROUP, currentStyle, custom, DD, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, FIELDSET, FORM, Hn, HTML, I, IMG, INPUT type=button, INPUT type=checkbox, INPUT type=file, INPUT type=image, INPUT type=password, INPUT type=radio, INPUT type=reset, INPUT type=submit, INPUT type=text, ISINDEX, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LISTING, MARQUEE, MENU, OL, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, runtimeStyle, S, SAMP, SELECT, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, style, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TBODY, TD, TEXTAREA, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, TR, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP