# Property Description

The font-variant property sets whether or not to display text in a small-caps font.

# Property Values

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

# Examples

This example sets a paragraph to a small-caps font.

    p.small {
      font-variant:small-caps;
    }

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

    font-variant:normal

    font-variant:small-caps

# Browser Support

Firefox | IE | Chrome | Opera | Safari

1 - 'inherit' not supported by IE

# Miscellaneous Information

Inherited: | Yes
Defined In: | CSS1