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Tommy Olsson and Paul O'Brien

"The Ultimate CSS Reference"

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??? Helvetica, Arial,
??? "Luxi Sans", sans-serif;
}
This style rule sets the font for the class
"dialog" to be the system font used for
dialog boxes, but changes the font size to
twice that of the parent element??™s:
.dialog {
font: message-box;
font-size: 200%;
}
As an alternative to the aforementioned syntax, the value can be specified using
one of the special keywords for system fonts. These keywords imply all of the font
properties in one go, and can??™t be combined with other property values such as a
font weight or font size, although those traits can be modified in subsequent
declarations. The keywords are:
caption selects the font used for captioned controls such as buttons
icon selects the font used to label icons
menu selects the font used in menus
Typographical Properties
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message-box selects the font used in dialog boxes
small-caption selects the font used for labeling small controls, or a smaller
version of the caption font
status-bar selects the font used in window status bars
Note that the system fonts can only be set with this shorthand property; not with
the font-family property.


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