CSS font-size Property
Example
.a {
font-size: 10px;
}
.b {
font-size: small;
}
.c {
font-size: 200%;
}Hello World!
Meaning
The font-size property sets the font size of text.
| Default value: | medium |
| Inherited: | Yes |
| Animatable: | Yes |
| Version: | CSS1 |
| JavaScript syntax: | |
Standard Syntax
font-size: medium|xx-small|x-small|small|large|x-large|xx-large|smaller|larger|length|%(percentage)|initial|inherit|revert|revert-layer|unset;Browser Support
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.
Status
Property Values
The following table describes the values of this property.
| Value | Description | Demo |
|---|---|---|
| medium | This is the default value. Specifies that the font-size to a medium size. | Hello World! |
| xx-small | Specifies that the font-size to an xx-small size. | Hello World! |
| x-small | Specifies that the font-size to an extra small size. | Hello World! |
| small | Specifies the font-size to a small size. | Hello World! |
| large | Specifies that the font-size to a large size. | Hello World! |
| x-large | Specifies that the font-size to an extra large size. | Hello World! |
| xx-large | Specifies that the font-size to an xx-large size. | Hello World! |
| smaller | Specifies that the font-size to a smaller size than the parent element. | Hello World! |
| larger | Specifies that the font-size to a larger size than the parent element. | Hello World! |
| length | Specifies that the font-size to a fixed size in px, cm, etc. | Hello World!(24px) |
| %(percentage) | Specifies that the font-size to a percent of the parent element's font size. | Hello World!(100%) |
| initial | Sets this property to its default value. | Hello World! |
| inherit | If specified, the associated element takes the computed value of its parent element animation-delay property. | Hello World! |
| revert | Reverts the cascaded value of the property from its current value to the value the property | Hello World! |
| revert-layer | Rollback styles to the ones specified in previous cascade layers. | Hello World! |
| unset | Resets a property to its inherited value if the property naturally inherits from its parent, and to its initial value if not. | Hello World! |
Default CSS Property Values
selectors {
font-size: medium;
}