# Font family

Picks the typeface, with fallbacks.

## What does `font-family` do?

`font-family` picks the typeface. List a few, ending with a generic family, so the browser has a fallback.

```css
body { font-family: "Segoe UI", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; }
```

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Updated: September 27, 2026

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