html - What is the meaning of font-family? -

html - What is the meaning of font-family? -

i'm beginner in html , css. confused font-family property.

i declare font-family follows:

{ font-family:cambria, sans-serif, georgia; }

but when remove sans-serif, georgia part, visual appearance stays same.

why declare font-family , how differ font?

the font declaration shorthand allowing style font-size, font-weight, font-family, font-variant , line-height. in one. (just how background shorthand background-color, background-url, background-image , several other background-related properties.)

font-family allows specify initial font, , generic fonts used in case initial font cannot used. in case, cambria initial font, sans-serif fallback font style used if user's scheme not have cambria font, , georgia used if no sans-serif fonts exist on user's system.

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