# Property Description

The font-style property sets the font style for a text.

# Property Values

Value | Description
--- | ---
normal | (default) Browser displays a normal font style
italic | Browser displays an italic font style
oblique | Browser displays an oblique font style
inherit1 | Specifies that the value of the property should be inherited from the parent element

# Examples

This example sets different font styles for three paragraphs.

    p.normal {font-style:normal}
    p.italic {font-style:italic}
    p.oblique {font-style:oblique}

This example shows the results of setting the various font-style values:

    font-style:normal

    font-style:italic

    font-style:oblique

# Browser Support

Firefox | IE | Chrome | Opera | Safari

1 - 'inherit' not supported by IE

# Miscellaneous Information

Inherited: | Yes
Defined In: | CSS1