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Font Styles

Examples of the font-style CSS Style Property

Below are samples of text set at different font-style values. Not all visual browsers display the various font-styles. Be sure to test before using any but "normal" or "italic" as many Web browsers don't support other options.

This text is "normal".
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.

font-style: normal;

This text is "italic".
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.

font-style: italic;

This text is "oblique".
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.

font-style: oblique;

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