Setting @Font-Face From C# Code Behind

Question

In my stylesheet I have this declared

@font-face {
    font-family: 'light';
    src: url('Fonts/HelveticaNeueLTStd-Lt.otf') format('opentype');
}

Now in my C# code behind I try to set the class like this

row.CssClass = light;

But I get a compile error of

The name 'light' does not exist in the current context

Is it possible to reference a css class @font-face from C# codebehind?

EDIT
This is how I am attempting to use this - I have tried the below

.lightfontface {
    font-family: 'light';
}


@font-face {
    font-family: 'light';
    src: url('Fonts/HelveticaNeueLTStd-Lt.otf') format('opentype');
}

row.CssClass = lightfontface;

Answer 1

I believe your

row.CssClass = light;

needs to be

row.CssClass = "className";

and your css will need a .className entry.

Imagine your html row:

<tr class="className">stuff</tr>

Your CssClass assignment is assigning the value to class, and your css can use a class selector to format that row.

To sum up some of the comments, the style sheet entry should simply be:

.className { font-family: 'light'; }

Ordering on your style sheet is important. Put the font-face definition above the .className style entry. See: https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/cascade.html#cascading-order