Title: WP_Font_Face::get_css
Published: November 8, 2023
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# WP_Font_Face::get_css( array[] $font_faces ): string

## In this article

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

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This function’s access is marked private. This means it is not intended for use 
by plugin or theme developers, only by core. It is listed here for completeness.

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

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_font_face/get_css/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

This method does the following processing tasks:

 1. Orchestrates an optimized `src` (with format) for browser support.
 2. Generates the `@font-face` for all its fonts.

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

 `$font_faces`array[]required

The font-faces to generate @font-face CSS styles.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_font_face/get_css/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 string The `@font-face` CSS styles.

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

    ```php
    private function get_css( $font_faces ) {
    	$css = '';

    	foreach ( $font_faces as $font_face ) {
    			// Order the font's `src` items to optimize for browser support.
    			$font_face = $this->order_src( $font_face );

    			// Build the @font-face CSS for this font.
    			$css .= '@font-face{' . $this->build_font_face_css( $font_face ) . '}' . "\n";
    	}

    	// Don't print the last newline character.
    	return rtrim( $css, "\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/7.0/src/wp-includes/fonts/class-wp-font-face.php#L211)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/fonts/class-wp-font-face.php#L211-L224)

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

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

Orders `src` items to optimize for browser support.

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

Builds the font-family’s CSS.

  |

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

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

  |

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

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

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