family element

Represents the font family this font belongs to. A font family is a set of fonts having common stroke width and serif characteristics. There are five font families. A sixth family allows Word to use the default font.

## Usage

    <family
    	val="fontFamilyType"
    />

## Element Information

Element type | fontFamilyProperty
Namespace | http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2003/wordml
Schema name | wordnet

## Elements and Attributes

### Parent Elements

Element | Description
--- | ---
font | Represents one of the fonts used in the document.

### Child Elements

None.

### Attributes

Attribute | Type | Required | Description | Possible Values
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
val | fontFamilyType | required | Gets or sets the specified font family. | Decorative Modern Roman Script Swiss Auto

## Definition

XML
    <xsd:element name="family" type="fontFamilyProperty" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" ">

          </xsd:element>

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