{"id":3001,"date":"2016-07-12T15:33:43","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T20:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cssnewbie.com\/?p=1885"},"modified":"2016-07-12T15:33:43","modified_gmt":"2016-07-12T20:33:43","slug":"css3s-font-shorthand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cssdeck.com\/blog\/css3s-font-shorthand\/","title":{"rendered":"CSS3&#8217;s Font Shorthand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are <em>many<\/em> CSS font properties available to style your fonts. If you need to define the font-style, size, family, and weight, that can add up to a lot of lines of CSS. Fortunately, however, there is a shorthand for CSS font properties. Here&#8217;s the formula:<\/p>\n<div id=\"ig-sh-1\" class=\"syntax_hilite\">\r\n\r\n\t\t<div class=\"toolbar\">\r\n\r\n\t\t<div class=\"view-different-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"view-different\">&lt; View <span>plain text<\/span> &gt;<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t<div class=\"language-name\">css<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<br clear=\"both\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"code\">\r\n\t\t<ol class=\"css\" style=\"font-family:monospace\"><li style=\"font-weight: normal;vertical-align:top\"><div style=\"font: normal normal 1em\/1.2em monospace;margin:0;padding:0;background:none;vertical-align:top\">selector<span style=\"color: #00AA00\">&#123;<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: normal;vertical-align:top\"><div style=\"font: normal normal 1em\/1.2em monospace;margin:0;padding:0;background:none;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-weight: bold\">font<\/span><span style=\"color: #00AA00\">:<\/span> <span style=\"color: #00AA00\">&#091;<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-weight: bold\">font-style<\/span><span style=\"color: #00AA00\">&#093;<\/span> <span style=\"color: #00AA00\">&#091;<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-weight: bold\">font-variant<\/span><span style=\"color: #00AA00\">&#093;<\/span> <span style=\"color: #00AA00\">&#091;<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-weight: bold\">font-weight<\/span><span style=\"color: #00AA00\">&#093;<\/span> <span style=\"color: #00AA00\">&#091;<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-weight: bold\">font-size<\/span><span style=\"color: #00AA00\">&#093;<\/span>\/<span style=\"color: #00AA00\">&#091;<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-weight: bold\">line-height<\/span><span style=\"color: #00AA00\">&#093;<\/span> <span style=\"color: #00AA00\">&#091;<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-weight: bold\">font-family<\/span><span style=\"color: #00AA00\">&#093;<\/span><span style=\"color: #00AA00\">;<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: normal;vertical-align:top\"><div style=\"font: normal normal 1em\/1.2em monospace;margin:0;padding:0;background:none;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color: #00AA00\">&#125;<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ol>\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n<p>Make sure you don&#8217;t forget the forward slash between font-size and line-height. Let&#8217;s see it in action:<\/p>\n<div id=\"ig-sh-2\" class=\"syntax_hilite\">\r\n\r\n\t\t<div class=\"toolbar\">\r\n\r\n\t\t<div class=\"view-different-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"view-different\">&lt; View <span>plain text<\/span> &gt;<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t<div class=\"language-name\">css<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<br clear=\"both\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"code\">\r\n\t\t<ol class=\"css\" style=\"font-family:monospace\"><li style=\"font-weight: normal;vertical-align:top\"><div style=\"font: normal normal 1em\/1.2em monospace;margin:0;padding:0;background:none;vertical-align:top\">p<span style=\"color: #00AA00\">&#123;<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: normal;vertical-align:top\"><div style=\"font: normal normal 1em\/1.2em monospace;margin:0;padding:0;background:none;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-weight: bold\">font<\/span><span style=\"color: #00AA00\">:<\/span> <span style=\"color: #993333\">italic<\/span> <span style=\"color: #993333\">small-caps<\/span> <span style=\"color: #993333\">bold<\/span> <span style=\"color: #933\">20px<\/span>\/<span style=\"color: #cc66cc\">2<\/span> Futura<span style=\"color: #00AA00\">;<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: normal;vertical-align:top\"><div style=\"font: normal normal 1em\/1.2em monospace;margin:0;padding:0;background:none;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color: #00AA00\">&#125;<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ol>\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1887 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cssdeck.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Screen-Shot-2016-07-10-at-12.45.16-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-07-10 at 12.45.16 PM\" width=\"628\" height=\"968\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As you can see, using the shorthand for font is an effective way to clean up your stylesheets!<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-socializer wpsr-share-icons \" data-lg-action=\"show\" data-sm-action=\"show\" data-sm-width=\"768\" ><h3>Share and Enjoy !<\/h3><div class=\"wpsr-si-inner\"><div class=\"wpsr-counter wpsrc-sz-32px\" style=\"color:#000\"><span class=\"scount\"><span data-wpsrs=\"\" data-wpsrs-svcs=\"facebook,twitter,linkedin,pinterest,print,pdf\">0<\/span><\/span><small class=\"stext\">Shares<\/small><\/div><div class=\"socializer sr-popup sr-32px sr-circle sr-opacity sr-pad sr-count-1 sr-count-1\"><span class=\"sr-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Share this on Facebook\"  style=\"color: #ffffff\" ><i class=\"fab fa-facebook-f\"><\/i><span class=\"ctext\"><span data-wpsrs=\"\" data-wpsrs-svcs=\"facebook\">0<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=%20-%20%20\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Tweet this !\"  style=\"color: #ffffff\" ><i class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/i><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Add this to LinkedIn\"  style=\"color: #ffffff\" ><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin-in\"><\/i><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=&amp;media=&amp;description=\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Submit this to Pinterest\"  style=\"color: #ffffff\" data-pin-custom=\"true\"><i class=\"fab fa-pinterest\"><\/i><span class=\"ctext\"><span data-wpsrs=\"\" data-wpsrs-svcs=\"pinterest\">0<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.printfriendly.com\/print?url=\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Print this article \"  style=\"color: #ffffff\" ><i class=\"fa fa-print\"><\/i><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-pdf\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.printfriendly.com\/print?url=\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Convert to PDF\"  style=\"color: #ffffff\" ><i class=\"fa fa-file-pdf\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many CSS font properties available to style your fonts. 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