HTML | DOM Style fontFamily Property

Last Updated : 01 Aug, 2019

The fontFamily property set/return a list of Font-Family names and generic-family names for text in an element. The web browser will implement the first value it recognizes.

Syntax:

It returns the fontFamily property.
```
object.style.fontFamily
```

It sets the fontFamily Property.

object.style.fontFamily = "font1, font2, etc.|initial|inherit"

Property Values:

Value	Description
font1, font2, etc.	List of font-family names and generic-family names separated by a comma.
initial	Sets property in default value.
inherit	Inherits from parent element.

Return value:It returns the number of font-family names and/or generic family names.

Example-1: Font-family name “Impact”.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  
<head>
    <title>DOM Style fontFamily Property </title>
</head>
  
<body>
    <center>
        <p style="color: green;
                  width: 100%; 
                  font-size: 30px; 
                  font-weight: bold;"
           id="Geek1">
            GeeksForGeeks
        </p>
  
        <h2>DOM Style fontFamily Property </h2>
        <br>
        
        <button type="button" onclick="myGeeks()">
            Click to change
        </button>
  
        <script>
            function myGeeks() {
                
                //  Set font-family 'impact'.
                document.getElementById(
                  "Geek1").style.fontFamily = "Impact";
            }
        </script>
    </center>
</body>
  
</html>

Output:

Before click on button:
After click on button:

Example-2: Font-family name “sans-serif”.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  
<head>
    <title>DOM Style fontFamily Property </title>
</head>
  
<body>
    <center>
        <p style="color: green;
                  width: 100%;
                  font-size: 30px;
                  font-weight: bold;" id="Geek1">
            GeeksForGeeks
        </p>
  
        <h2>DOM Style fontFamily Property </h2>
        <br>
  
        <button type="button" onclick="myGeeks()">
            Click to change
        </button>
  
        <script>
            function myGeeks() {
  
                //  Set font-family 'sans-serif'.
                document.getElementById(
                  "Geek1").style.fontFamily = "sans-serif";
            }
        </script>
    </center>
</body>
  
</html>

Output:

Before click on button:
After click on button:

Example-3: Font-family names “Comic Sans MS, cursive, sans-serif”.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  
<head>
    <title>DOM Style fontFamily Property </title>
</head>
  
<body>
    <center>
        <p style="color: green; 
                  width: 100%;
                  font-size: 30px;
                  font-weight: bold;" id="Geek1">
            GeeksForGeeks
        </p>
  
        <h2>DOM Style fontFamily Property </h2>
        <br>
  
        <button type="button" onclick="myGeeks()">
            Click to change
        </button>
  
        <script>
            function myGeeks() {
  
                //   Set font-family 'Comic Sans MS, cursive
                //  and sans-serif'
                document.getElementById(
                        "Geek1").style.fontFamily =
                    'Comic Sans MS, cursive, sans-serif';
            }
        </script>
    </center>
</body>
  
</html>

Output:

Before click on button:
After click on button:

Supported Browsers: The browser supported by HTML | DOM Style fontFamily Property are listed below:

Google Chrome
Internet Explorer
Mozilla firefox
Opera
Safari

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