Font style in CSS - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to make the text italic.

CSS

p {
  font-style: [1];
}

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Aitalic

Bnormal

Cbold

Dunderline

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'bold' instead of 'italic' for font-style.

Using 'underline' which is for text decoration, not font style.

The font-style property controls the style of the font. To make text italic, use italic.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to make the font weight bold.

CSS

h1 {
  font-weight: [1];
}

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Aitalic

Bnormal

Cbold

Dlight

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'italic' which is for font style, not weight.

Using 'light' which makes text thinner, not bolder.

The font-weight property controls how thick or thin the text appears. Use bold to make text thicker.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the code to correctly set the font style to oblique.

CSS

div {
  font-style: [1];
}

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Aunderline

Boblique

Cbold

Ditalic

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'bold' which is for font weight, not style.

Using 'underline' which is for text decoration.

The font-style property accepts normal, italic, and oblique. To slant text with a slight angle, use oblique.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to set the font style to italic and font weight to normal.

CSS

span {
  font-style: [1];
  font-weight: [2];
}

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Aitalic

Bbold

Cnormal

Doblique

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Mixing up font-style and font-weight values.

Using 'bold' for font-weight when normal thickness is needed.

Use italic for font-style to slant text, and normal for font-weight to keep text thickness standard.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to set font style to oblique, font weight to bold, and font variant to small-caps.

CSS

p {
  font-style: [1];
  font-weight: [2];
  font-variant: [3];
}

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Aitalic

Bbold

Csmall-caps

Doblique

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'italic' instead of 'oblique' for font-style.

Confusing font-variant with font-weight values.

Set font-style to oblique for slanted text, font-weight to bold for thick text, and font-variant to small-caps for uppercase small letters.

Practice

1. What does the CSS property font-style do to text?

easy

A. It changes the text to normal, italic, or oblique style.

B. It changes the text color.

C. It changes the text size.

D. It changes the text alignment.

Solution

1. Step 1: Understand the purpose of font-style

   The font-style property controls the style of the font, specifically whether it is normal, italic, or oblique.

2. Step 2: Compare options with the property function

   Only It changes the text to normal, italic, or oblique style. correctly describes changing text to normal, italic, or oblique styles.

3. Final Answer:

   It changes the text to normal, italic, or oblique style. -> Option A

4. Quick Check:

   font-style = normal, italic, oblique [OK]

Hint: Remember font-style changes slant, not color or size [OK]

Common Mistakes:

• Confusing font-style with color or size properties
• Thinking font-style changes alignment
• Mixing up font-style with font-weight

2. Which of the following is the correct CSS syntax to make text italic using font-style?

easy

A. font-style: underline;

B. font-style: bold;

C. font-style: oblique;

D. font-style: italic;

Solution

1. Step 1: Identify valid values for font-style

   The valid values are normal, italic, and oblique. bold and underline are not valid for font-style.

2. Step 2: Match the correct syntax for italic

   The correct syntax to make text italic is font-style: italic;.

3. Final Answer:

   font-style: italic; -> Option D

4. Quick Check:

   font-style: italic; is correct [OK]

Hint: Italic style uses 'italic' keyword exactly [OK]

Common Mistakes:

• Using 'bold' or 'underline' with font-style
• Missing the colon or semicolon
• Confusing font-style with font-weight or text-decoration

3. What will be the visual result of this CSS code?

p { font-style: oblique; }

medium

A. The paragraph text will be hidden.

B. The paragraph text will be bold and underlined.

C. The paragraph text will be slanted slightly to the right.

D. The paragraph text will be normal with no slant.

Solution

1. Step 1: Understand the effect of font-style: oblique;

   The oblique style makes text slanted, similar to italic but usually less angled.

2. Step 2: Compare options with expected visual output

   Only The paragraph text will be slanted slightly to the right. describes the text slanting to the right, which matches the oblique style effect.

3. Final Answer:

   The paragraph text will be slanted slightly to the right. -> Option C

4. Quick Check:

   font-style: oblique; = slanted text [OK]

Hint: Oblique means slanted text, not bold or hidden [OK]

Common Mistakes:

• Confusing oblique with bold or underline
• Expecting no change in text style
• Thinking oblique hides text

4. Identify the error in this CSS snippet:

h1 { font-style: italic oblique; }

medium

A. Multiple values are not allowed for font-style.

B. The property name is incorrect.

C. The semicolon is missing.

D. The value 'italic oblique' is valid and correct.

Solution

1. Step 1: Check allowed values for font-style

   The font-style property accepts only one value at a time: normal, italic, or oblique.

2. Step 2: Analyze the given value

   The value italic oblique is two values combined, which is invalid syntax.

3. Final Answer:

   Multiple values are not allowed for font-style. -> Option A

4. Quick Check:

   font-style accepts single value only [OK]

Hint: font-style takes only one value like italic or oblique [OK]

Common Mistakes:

• Using multiple values separated by space
• Misspelling property name
• Omitting semicolon but still expecting valid CSS

5. You want to style a paragraph so that normal text is shown, but when hovered, the text becomes italic. Which CSS code correctly achieves this?

hard

A. p { font-style: italic; } p:hover { font-style: normal; }

B. p { font-style: normal; } p:hover { font-style: italic; }

C. p { font-style: oblique; } p:hover { font-style: bold; }

D. p { font-style: normal; } p:hover { font-weight: italic; }

Solution

1. Step 1: Set default font style to normal

   The paragraph should start with font-style: normal; to show normal text.

2. Step 2: Change font style on hover to italic

   Using the hover selector, set font-style: italic; to make text italic when hovered.

3. Step 3: Verify other options

   Other options either reverse the effect (starting italic and changing to normal on hover), use invalid values like bold for font-style, or misuse font-weight for italic effect.

4. Final Answer:

   p { font-style: normal; } p:hover { font-style: italic; } -> Option B

5. Quick Check:

   Hover changes font-style to italic [OK]

Hint: Use :hover with font-style: italic for hover effect [OK]

Common Mistakes:

• Using font-weight instead of font-style for italic
• Reversing normal and italic styles
• Using invalid values like 'bold' for font-style