CSS font-language-override Property

Description

The font-language-override property specifies that authors can control the use of language-specific glyph substitutions and positioning by setting the content language of an element

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

Syntax

Formal syntax: normal | <string> 

font-language-override: normal;
font-language-override: <string>;

Values

  • normalSpecifies that when rendering with OpenType fonts, the content language of the element is used to infer the OpenType language system.
  • <string>Single three-letter case-sensitive OpenType language system tag, specifies the OpenType language system to be used instead of the language system implied by the language of the element.

Example

.class {
   font-language-override: "SRB";
}
/* Serbian OpenType language tag */

Browser Support

?Firefox?Explorer?Chrome?Safari?Opera

Last updated on 23rd March 2014 By Rene Spronk

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