font-family

Utilities for controlling the font family of an element.

Quick reference

Class	Styles
font-sans	font-family: var(--font-sans); /* ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji' */
font-serif	font-family: var(--font-serif); /* ui-serif, Georgia, Cambria, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif */
font-mono	font-family: var(--font-mono); /* ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', 'Courier New', monospace */
font-(family-name:<custom-property>)	font-family: var(<custom-property>);
font-[<value>]	font-family: <value>;

Source: https://tailwindcss.com/guide/font-family

Examples

Basic example

Use utilities like font-sans and font-mono to set the font family of an element:

<!-- [!code classes:font-sans,font-serif,font-mono] -->
<p class="font-sans ...">The quick brown fox ...</p>
<p class="font-serif ...">The quick brown fox ...</p>
<p class="font-mono ...">The quick brown fox ...</p>

Using a custom value

Use the font-[<value>] syntax to set the font family based on a completely custom value:

<p class="font-[Open_Sans] ...">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet...</p>

For CSS variables, you can also use the font-(family-name:<custom-property>) syntax:

<p class="font-(family-name:--my-font) ...">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet...</p>

This is just a shorthand for font-[family-name:var(<custom-property>)] that adds the var() function for you automatically.

Responsive design

Prefix a font-family utility with a breakpoint variant like md: to only apply the utility at medium screen sizes and above:

<p class="font-sans md:font-serif ...">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet...</p>

Learn more about using variants in the variants documentation.

Customizing your theme

Use the --font-* theme variables to customize the font family utilities in your project:

@theme {
  --font-display: "Oswald", sans-serif;
}

Now the font-display utility can be used in your markup:

<div class="font-display">
  <!-- ... -->
</div>

You can also provide default font-feature-settings and font-variation-settings values for a font family:

If needed, use the @font-face at-rule to load custom fonts:

@font-face {
  font-family: Oswald;
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 200 700;
  font-display: swap;
  src: url("/fonts/Oswald.woff2") format("woff2");
}

Learn more about customizing your theme in the theme documentation.