CSS font-kerning Property

CSS font-kerning Property

 

CSS font-kerning Property



The font-kerning property controls the use of the kerning information stored in a font. Kerning defines the spacing of the letters.

Kerning specifies how the letters are spaced. It makes character spacing more pleasant to the eye and easier to read.

Initial Valueauto
Applies toAll elements. It also applies to ::first-letter and ::first-line.
InheritedYes.
AnimatableNo.
VersionCSS3
DOM Syntaxobject.style.fontKerning = "none";

Syntax

font-kerning: auto | normal | none;

Example of the font-kerning property:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Title of the document</title>
    <style>
      div {
        font-family: serif;
        font-size: 20px;
      }
      div.example1 {
        font-kerning: normal;
      }
      div.example2 {
        font-kerning: auto;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h2>Font-kerning property example</h2>
    <div class="example1">The text is with font kerning.</div>
    <div class="example2">The text is without font kerning.</div>
  </body>
</html>

Values

ValueDescription
autoIt depends on the browser if font-kerning should be set or not. This is the default value of the property.
normalSets the font kerning.
noneDoes not set the font kerning.
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