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				<tr><td valign="top" class="name">font-style</td><td valign="top" nowrap class="compatibility">NN <span class="emphasis">4</span> IE <span class="emphasis">4</span> CSS <span class="emphasis">1</span></td>
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					<td valign="top" colspan="2" class="description"><p>Determines whether the element is rendered in a normal (Roman),
italic, or oblique font style. If the <span class="literal">font-family</span>
includes font faces labeled Italic and/or Oblique, the setting of the
<span class="literal">font-style</span> attribute summons those particular font
faces from the browser's system. But if the
specialized font faces are not available in the system, the normal
font face is usually algorithmically slanted to look italic. Output
sent to a printer with such font settings relies on the quality of
arbitration between the client computer and printer to render an
electronically generated italic font style. Although personal
computer software typically includes other kinds of font rendering
under the heading of "Style," see
<span class="literal">font-stretch</span>, <span class="literal">font-variant</span>, and
<span class="literal">font-weight</span> for other kinds of font
"styles."
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					<td valign="top" colspan="2" class="csssyntax"><span class="title">CSS Syntax</span></td>
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					<td><span class="programlisting"><pre>font-style: <span class="replaceable">fontStyle</span></pre>
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					<td valign="top" colspan="2" class="value"><span class="title">Value</span></td>
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					<td><p>One of the following constants: <span class="literal">normal</span> |
<span class="literal">italic</span> | <span class="literal">oblique</span>. Browsers tend
to treat italic and oblique settings the same.
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					<td valign="top" colspan="2" class="initvalue"><span class="title">Initial Value</span></td>
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					<td><p><span class="literal">normal</span></p>
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					<td valign="top" colspan="2" class="example"><span class="title">Example</span></td>
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					<td><span class="programlisting"><pre>h2 em {font-style: italic}</pre>
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					<td valign="top" colspan="2" class="appliesto"><span class="title">Applies To</span></td>
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					<td><p>All elements.</p>
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					<td><span class="programlisting"><pre>[window.]document.getElementById("<span class="replaceable">elementID</span>").style.fontStyle</pre>
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