font-synthesis 6k6s6v
The font-synthesis property is used to specify whether the browser is allowed to synthesize bold or oblique font faces when the font family used does not contain bold or oblique faces. 365337
Normally, a browser would synthesize bold and oblique font faces when these faces are chosen using the font-style
properties, respectively, if these faces are not available as part of the font family’s faces. This may not always be desired by web designers, so this property can be used to disable that feature.
If the value of the font-synthesis
property is set to none
, font synthesis is completely disabled. If either or both weight
and style
keywords are used, either or both bold and oblique font synthesis is enabled.
Please refer to the font-style
entries for more information on the browser behavior for each of these properties.
Official Syntax 55184y
- Syntax:
font-synthesis: none | [ weight || style ]
- Initial: weight style
- Applies To: all elements
- Animatable: no
Values 584j31
The possible values of the font-synthesis
property are the following:
- none
- Font synthesis by the browser is completely disabled. Neither bold nor oblique faces are synthesized if they don’t exist in the font family.
- weight
-
Only a bold font face is synthesized by the browser if it is not available in the font family. The browser is not allowed to synthesize an oblique font face because the
style
keyword is absent. - style
-
Only an oblique font face is synthesized by the browser if it is not available in the font family. The browser is not allowed to synthesize a bold font face because the
weight
keyword is absent. - weight style
- The initial browser behavior. The browser synthesizes both a bold font face and an oblique font face if either of them is not available in the font family.
Examples 3e5p5z
font-synthesis: none; /* browser is not allowed to synthesize any font faces */ font-synthesis: style; /* browser is not allowed to synthesize a bold font face */ font-synthesis: weight; /* browser is not allowed to synthesize an oblique font face */ font-synthesis: weight style; /* browser will synthesize bold and oblique faces if either is not available */
Live Demo 2x4j2k
The font-synthesis
property is currently not ed in any browser.
Eric Meyer has created a font-synthesis
test that tests how the property should work in ing browsers. You can find his test here.
Browser k5t66
The font-synthesis
property is currently not ed in any browser. (November 4th, 2014)
Further Reading 4g1p1d
- CSS Fonts Module Level 3
- CSS
font-synthesis
property test by Eric Meyer