July 1998
Intermediate to advanced
1456 pages
65h 5m
English
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Name
letter-spacing — NN n/a IE 4 CSS 1
Synopsis
Inherited: Yes
Defines the spacing between characters within an element. Browsers
normally define the character spacing based on font definitions and
operating system font rendering. To override those settings, assign a
length value to the letter-spacing attribute. A
negative value tightens up the spacing, but be sure to test the
effect on the selected font for readability on different operating
systems.
CSS Syntax
letter-spacing: normal | length | autoValue
See the discussion at the beginning of this chapter about length
values. The best results use units that are based on the rendered
font size (em and ex). A
setting of normal is how the browser sets the
letters without any intervention. A setting of
auto (CSS2) is intended for use with single-line
elements (such as H1 and the like) to space the
letters such that the element content appears on a single line given
the current width of the containing box.
Initial Value
normal
Example
.tight {letter-spacing: -0.03em}
BLOCKQUOTE {letter-spacing: 1.1em}Applies To
All elements.
Object Model Reference
- IE
[window.]document.all.elementID.style.letterSpacing
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