font-style

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨July 2015⁩.

The font-style attribute specifies whether the text is to be rendered using a normal, italic, or oblique face.

Note: As a presentation attribute, font-style also has a CSS property counterpart: font-style. When both are specified, the CSS property takes priority.

You can use this attribute with the following SVG elements:

Examples

Controlling SVG font style

html

<svg viewBox="0 0 250 30" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <text y="20" font-style="normal">Normal font style</text>
  <text x="150" y="20" font-style="italic">Italic font style</text>
</svg>