web api instance property
FontData: family property
Limited availability
The family read-only property of the FontData interface returns the family of the font face.
This is the name used when referring to the font family from code, for example, in the font-family property or in places within the @font-face at-rule such as the local() function.
Examples include:
- Apple SD Gothic Neo
- Arial Black
- Avenir Next
- Katari
- YuMincho +36p Kana
Value
A string.
Examples
The following snippet will query for all available fonts, and log metadata. This could be used, for example, to populate a font-picker control.
async function logFontData() {
try {
const availableFonts = await window.queryLocalFonts();
for (const fontData of availableFonts) {
console.log(fontData.postscriptName);
console.log(fontData.fullName);
console.log(fontData.family);
console.log(fontData.style);
}
} catch (err) {
console.error(err.name, err.message);
}
}
Specifications
SpecificationsStandards references are available on the canonical MDN page.
Browser compatibility
Browser compatibilityCompatibility data is available on the canonical MDN page.