Title: WP_Font_Face::generate_and_print
Published: November 8, 2023
Last modified: August 20, 2026

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# WP_Font_Face::generate_and_print( array[][] $fonts )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_font_face/generate_and_print/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_font_face/generate_and_print/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_font_face/generate_and_print/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_font_face/generate_and_print/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Generates and prints the `@font-face` styles for the given fonts.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_font_face/generate_and_print/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$fonts`array[][]optional

The font-families and their font variations.
 See [wp_print_font_faces()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_print_font_faces/)
for the supported fields. Default empty array.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_font_face/generate_and_print/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function generate_and_print( array $fonts ) {
    	$fonts = $this->validate_fonts( $fonts );

    	// Bail out if there are no fonts are given to process.
    	if ( empty( $fonts ) ) {
    		return;
    	}

    	$css = $this->get_css( $fonts );

    	/*
    	 * The font-face CSS is contained within <style> tags and can only be interpreted
    	 * as CSS in the browser. Using wp_strip_all_tags() is sufficient escaping
    	 * to avoid malicious attempts to close </style> and open a <script>.
    	 */
    	$css = wp_strip_all_tags( $css );

    	// Bail out if there is no CSS to print.
    	if ( empty( $css ) ) {
    		return;
    	}

    	$processor = new WP_HTML_Tag_Processor( '<style class="wp-fonts-local"></style>' );
    	$processor->next_tag();
    	$processor->set_modifiable_text( "\n{$css}\n" );
    	echo "{$processor->get_updated_html()}\n";
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/fonts/class-wp-font-face.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.1/src/wp-includes/fonts/class-wp-font-face.php#L73)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.1/src/wp-includes/fonts/class-wp-font-face.php#L73-L99)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_font_face/generate_and_print/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_Font_Face::validate_fonts()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_font_face/validate_fonts/)`wp-includes/fonts/class-wp-font-face.php` |

Validates each of the font-face properties.

  | 
| [WP_Font_Face::get_css()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_font_face/get_css/)`wp-includes/fonts/class-wp-font-face.php` |

Gets the `@font-face` CSS styles for locally-hosted font files.

  | 
| [WP_HTML_Tag_Processor::__construct()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_html_tag_processor/__construct/)`wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-tag-processor.php` |

Constructor.

  | 
| [wp_strip_all_tags()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_strip_all_tags/)`wp-includes/formatting.php` |

Properly strips all HTML tags including ‘script’ and ‘style’.

  |

| Used by | Description | 
| [wp_print_font_faces()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_print_font_faces/)`wp-includes/fonts.php` |

Generates and prints font-face styles for given fonts or theme.json fonts.

  |

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_font_face/generate_and_print/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [6.4.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/6.4.0/) | Introduced. |

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