- Where to find it
- Labelled Typography → Style in the "Selected Column" section of the Modify drawer.
- Per device
- Yes — you can set one value for every screen, or separate values for phone, tablet, and desktop.
- Underlying CSS
fontStyle
In plain English
Font style is the choice between upright letters and slanted ones. Italic is the conventional way to mark a quotation, a book or film title, a foreign phrase, or a caption under an image.
There are three options. "normal" is upright. "italic" uses the typeface's own italic design, where the letterforms are genuinely redrawn rather than just tilted. "oblique" simply slants the upright letters, which is what a browser falls back to when a typeface has no true italic of its own.
What each option does
| Option | What you will see |
|---|---|
normal | Upright letters. The default. |
italic | The typeface's proper italic design. The right choice for quotations, titles, and captions. |
oblique | The upright letters mechanically slanted. Use when a typeface has no real italic; the result is cruder. |
When you would use it
- A pull quote or testimonial should read as quoted speech.
- An image caption should be visibly secondary to the body text.
- A publication or product title needs the conventional typographic treatment.
How to change it
- Select the column, open "Selected Column", then "Typography", then "Style".
- Pick "normal", "italic", or "oblique".
One value, or one per device? Every input in this setting sits under a “Same value for all resolutions” checkbox. Leave it checked for a single value everywhere, or uncheck it to give phones, tablets, and desktops their own. How per-device values work.
Watch out for
- A whole paragraph in italic is noticeably slower to read. Keep it to short passages.
- Italic is a weak signal for genuine emphasis — Font Weight does that job far better.
Related settings
For developers
The technical reference for what this setting produces: MDN: font-style. You do not need any of it to use the setting — it is there for whoever is building the components or debugging the published page.
Where to go next
- Back to the full attribute reference
- The Composer — the editing surface these settings live in.
- Publishing — how a change like this reaches your live site.