font-family

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  1. <defs>
  2. <desc>
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  1. <ellipse>
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  1. <hkern>
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  1. <image>
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  1. <line>
  2. <linearGradient>
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  1. <radialGradient>
  2. <rect>
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  1. <script>
  2. <set>
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  4. <style>
  5. <svg>
  6. <switch>
  7. <symbol>
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  1. <use>
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  1. <view>
  2. <vkern>

The font-family attribute indicates which font family will be used to render the text, specified as a prioritized list of font family names and/or generic family names.

Note: As a presentation attribute, font-family can be used as a CSS property. See the css font-family property for more information.

You can use this attribute with the following SVG elements:

Example

html, body, svg {
  height: 100%;
}

<svg viewBox="0 0 200 30" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <text y="20" font-family="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Sans serif</text>
  <text x="100" y="20" font-family="monospace">Monospace</text>
</svg>

Usage notes

Value	[ <family-name> \| <generic-family> ]# where `<family-name> = <string> \| <custom-ident>+ <generic-family> = serif \| sans-serif \| cursive \| fantasy \| monospace`
Default value	Depends on user agent
Animatable	Yes

For a description of the values, please refer to the CSS font-family property.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
CSS Fonts Module Level 4 The definition of 'generic font families' in that specification.	Working Draft	Adds new generic font families, specifically: `system-ui`, `emoji`, `math`, and `fangsong`.
CSS Fonts Module Level 3 The definition of 'font-family' in that specification.	Recommendation	No significant change
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition) The definition of 'font-family' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition

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