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font-family

The font-family attribute indicates which font family will be used to render the text, specified as a prioritized list of font family names and/or generic family names.

Note: As a presentation attribute, font-family can be used as a CSS property. See the CSS font-family property for more information.

You can use this attribute with the following SVG elements:

Example

<svg viewBox="0 0 200 30" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <text y="20" font-family="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Sans serif</text>
  <text x="100" y="20" font-family="monospace">Monospace</text>
</svg>

Usage notes

Value Error: could not find syntax for this item
Default value Depends on user agent
Animatable Yes

For a description of the values, please refer to the CSS font-family property.

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
font-family No No No No No No No No No No No No

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/Attribute/font-family