face attribute | face property

Sets or retrieves the current typeface family.

Syntax

Property values

Type: String

the typeface family.

Standards information

• Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification, Section 2.5.5
• HTML 4.01 Specification, Section 15.2.2 (Deprecated)

Examples

This example sets the typeface family using the face attribute and the face property.

Code example: http://samples.msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/samples/author/dhtml/refs/face.htm

<font face="Arial" id=oFont>
:
<script type="text/javascript">
    alert(oFont.face + "\n" + "When you click this, the font will change");
    oFont.face = "Courier";
    alert(oFont.face + "\n" + "The font has changed.");
</script>

See also

baseFont

font

fontFamily