CSS font-kerning Property

Description

The font-kerning property is the contextual adjustment of inter-glyph spacing. This property controls metric kerning, kerning that utilizes adjustment data contained in the font.

  • Initial valueauto
  • Applies toAll elements
  • InheritedYes
  • MediaVisual
  • Computed valueAs specified
  • AnimatableNo
  • CSS VersionCSS3
  • JavaScript syntaxobject.style.fontKerning

Syntax

Formal syntax: auto | normal | none

font-kerning: auto;
font-kerning: normal;
font-kerning: none;

Values

  • autoSpecifies that kerning is applied at the discretion of the user agent.
  • normalSpecifies that kerning is applied.
  • noneSpecifies that kerning is not applied.

Example

.class {
  font-kerning: none;
}

Browser Support

?Firefox?Explorer?Chrome?Safari?Opera

Last updated on 23rd March 2014 By Rene Spronk

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