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font-emphasize-style

By Jennifer Kyrnin, About.com

font-emphasize-style Description:

The font-emphasize-style property sets the style for the emphasis formatting applied to text. It is used with East Asian languages to emphasize a run of text.

font-emphasize-style in CSS Versions:

font-emphasize-style Syntax:

font-emphasize-style: none | accent | dot | circle | disc | initial | inherit

  • none - use no accent symbol
  • accent - use the standard accent symbol
  • dot - use a dot for the accent symbol
  • circle - use a hollow circle for the accent symbol
  • disc - use a solid disc for the accent symbol

font-emphasize-style Initial Value:

none

font-emphasize-style Applies To:

All elements and generated content.

font-emphasize-style Inheritance:

This property is inherited.

font-emphasize-style Browser Support:

None

font-emphasize-style Example:

<span style="font-emphasize-style:accent;">応</span>

Please note that I don't speak or read Japanese, so this example is hypothetical.

font-emphasize-style Special Notes:

  • Unlike text-decoration, this property can affect the line-height
  • This property is different from the text-decoration style.

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