font-emphasize-position Description:
The font-emphasize-position property sets the position of the emphasis symbols. It is used with East Asian languages to emphasize a run of text.
font-emphasize-position in CSS Versions:
font-emphasize-position Syntax:
font-emphasize-position: before | after | initial | inherit
- before - place the emphasis accent before the run of text
- after - place the emphasis accent after the run of text
font-emphasize-position Initial Value:
before
font-emphasize-position Applies To:
All elements and generated content.
font-emphasize-position Inheritance:
This property is inherited.
font-emphasize-position Browser Support:
None
font-emphasize-position Example:
<span style="font-emphasis-position: after;">応</span>
Please note that I don't speak or read Japanese, so this example is hypothetical.
font-emphasize-position Special Notes:
- The values of before and after are relative the line baseline. So in a horizontal layout flow before means above the text and after means below.
- In Japanese and traditional Chinese the preferred position is before. In Chinese (simplified) the preferred position is after.

