word-spacing

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

• CSS 1
• CSS 2
• CSS 3

word-spacing: normal | <length> | inherit

• normal
  The normal inter-word space defined by the user agent.
• <length>
  An additional amount of space between words, including the normal amount.
• inherit
  The element should have the same word-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="word-spacing : 1em;">
The words in this paragraph should have at least 1em between them.
</p>

• A word is typically defined as a series of characters surrounded by whitespace. But some browsers may define this differently.
• Negative values are permitted and the browser will display these by shrinking the space between words.

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

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