CSS Property: letter-spacing
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The CSS (CSS1) letter-spacing property identifies the
amount of space between consecutive text characters.
Valid property values
(other than inherit
and initial) are:
|
Value
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Description
|
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length
|
Amount of extra space as
a CSS length between
characters. Can be negative
|
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normal
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(default value). No
extra space between characters
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Default Value:
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normal
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JavaScript syntax:
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e.g. object.style.letterSpacing="4px"
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Inherited:
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Yes
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Animatable:
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Yes
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EXAMPLE:
HTML USED IN THIS EXAMPLE:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html> <!-- Copyright (c) Nematrian Limited 2018 -->
<head>
<style>
div {width: 200px; border: 1px dotted black;}
.x1 {letter-spacing: 2px;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
Element with default property<br>
<div>abcdefgh</div><br>
Property set using in-file HTML style<br>
<div class="x1">abcdefgh</div><br>
Property set using JavaScript<br>
<div id="x2">abcdefgh</div>
<script>
document.getElementById("x2").style.letterSpacing = "2px";
</script>
</body>
</html>
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FUNCTION THAT MAY ASSIST IN TESTING WHETHER FEATURE IS SUPPORTED:
function isSupportedCSSPropertyLetterSpacing() {
var x = document.createElement("DIV"); x.style.letterSpacing = "2px 3px"; return (window.getComputedStyle(x, null).letterSpacing == "2px 3px");
} |
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