The HTML DOM Style fontStyle property is used for setting or returning the font style of the text. It is used to specify normal, italic or oblique style for an element’s text.
Following is the syntax for −
Setting the fontStyle property −
object.style.fontStyle = "normal|italic|oblique|initial|inherit"
Let us look at an example for the fontStyle property −
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
#demo2,#demo1 {
font-family: 'times new roman';
font-size: 25px;
}
</style>
<script>
function changeFontStyle() {
document.getElementById("demo1").style.fontStyle="italic";
document.getElementById("demo2").style.fontStyle="italic";
document.getElementById("Sample").innerHTML="The font style has been changed for the above paragraphs.";
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="demo1" >This is demo text 1</div>
<div id="demo2">This is demo text 2</div>
<p>Change the above divs font style by clicking the below button</p>
<button onclick="changeFontStyle()">Change fontStyle </button>
<p id="Sample"></p>
</body>
</html>Output
On clicking the “Change fontStyle” button −
