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font-emphasize-position

By Jennifer Kyrnin, About.com

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.

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