letter-spacing

The letter-spacing property defines the default amount of space between letters. This can be impacted by justification and other issues.

• CSS 1
• CSS 2
• CSS 3

letter-spacing: normal | <length> | inherit

• normal
  The normal spacing for the current font
• <length>
  This indicates space between characters in addition to the default space. Must include the unit.
• inherit
  The element should have the same letter-spacing setting as the parent.

normal

All elements.

This property is inherited.

• Netscape 6, 7
• Mozilla 1
• Firefox 1
• Internet Explorer 6
• Opera 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• Safari 1

1em spacing

<p style="letter-spacing : 1em;">
The letters in this paragraph should have at least 1em between them.
</p>

• When the text-align property is set to justify, the browser will not change the space between letters if the letter-spacing property is defined.
• Negative values are permitted and the browser will display these by shrinking the space between letters.

• line-height
• text-align
• text-decoration
• text-indent
• text-transform
• vertical-align
• word-spacing

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