A demonstration of possible values:
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <p id="myP">This is a paragraph.</p> <select onchange="myFunction(this);" size="13"> <option>Georgia</option> <option>Palatino Linotype</option> <option>Book Antiqua</option> <option>Times New Roman</option> <option>Arial</option> <option>Helvetica</option> <option>Arial Black</option> <option>Impact</option> <option>Lucida Sans Unicode</option> <option>Tahoma</option> <option>Verdana</option> <option>Courier New</option> <option>Lucida Console</option> </select>//from w w w.jav a2 s . com <script> function myFunction(selectTag) { var listValue = selectTag.options[selectTag.selectedIndex].text; document.getElementById("myP").style.fontFamily = listValue; } </script> </body> </html>