font-variant
Quick Summary for font-variant
font-variant
CSS shorthand property allows you to set all the font variants for a font.
Code Usage for font-variant
font-variant: small-caps; font-variant: common-ligatures small-caps; /* Global values */ font-variant: inherit; font-variant: initial; font-variant: revert; font-variant: unset;
More Details for font-variant
font-variant
The font-variant
CSS shorthand property allows you to set all the font variants for a font.
You can also set the CSS Level 2 (Revision 1) values of font-variant
, (that is, normal
or small-caps
), by using the font
shorthand.
Constituent properties
This property is a shorthand for the following CSS properties:
font-variant-alternates
font-variant-caps
font-variant-east-asian
font-variant-ligatures
font-variant-numeric
Syntax
font-variant: small-caps; font-variant: common-ligatures small-caps; /* Global values */ font-variant: inherit; font-variant: initial; font-variant: revert; font-variant: unset;
Values
normal
Specifies a normal font face; each of the longhand properties has an initial value of normal. Longhand properties of font-variant
are: font-variant-caps
, font-variant-numeric
, font-variant-alternates
, font-variant-ligatures
, and font-variant-east-asian
.
none
Sets the value of the font-variant-ligatures
to none
and the values of the other longhand property as normal
, their initial value.
<common-lig-values>
, <discretionary-lig-values>
, <historical-lig-values>
, <contextual-alt-values>
Specifies the keywords related to the font-variant-ligatures
longhand property. The possible values are: common-ligatures
, no-common-ligatures
, discretionary-ligatures
, no-discretionary-ligatures
, historical-ligatures
, no-historical-ligatures
, contextual
, and no-contextual
.
stylistic()
, historical-forms
, styleset()
, character-variant()
, swash()
, ornaments()
, annotation()
Specifies the keywords and functions related to the font-variant-alternates
longhand property.
small-caps
, all-small-caps
, petite-caps
, all-petite-caps
, unicase
, titling-caps
Specifies the keywords and functions related to the font-variant-caps
longhand property.
<numeric-figure-values>
, <numeric-spacing-values>
, <numeric-fraction-values>
, ordinal
, slashed-zero
Specifies the keywords related to the font-variant-numeric
longhand property. The possible values are: lining-nums
, oldstyle-nums
, proportional-nums
, tabular-nums
, diagonal-fractions
, stacked-fractions
, ordinal
, and slashed-zero
.
<east-asian-variant-values>
, <east-asian-width-values>
, ruby
Specifies the keywords related to the font-variant-east-asian
longhand property. The possible values are: jis78
, jis83
, jis90
, jis04
, simplified
, traditional
, full-width
, proportional-width
, ruby
.
Formal definition
Initial value | normal |
---|---|
Applies to | all elements. It also applies to ::first-letter and ::first-line . |
Inherited | yes |
Computed value | as specified |
Animation type | discrete |
Formal syntax
normal | none | [ <common-lig-values> || <discretionary-lig-values> || <historical-lig-values> || <contextual-alt-values> || stylistic( <feature-value-name> ) || historical-forms || styleset( <feature-value-name># ) || character-variant( <feature-value-name># ) || swash( <feature-value-name> ) || ornaments( <feature-value-name> ) || annotation( <feature-value-name> ) || [ small-caps | all-small-caps | petite-caps | all-petite-caps | unicase | titling-caps ] || <numeric-figure-values> || <numeric-spacing-values> || <numeric-fraction-values> || ordinal || slashed-zero || <east-asian-variant-values> || <east-asian-width-values> || ruby ]where
<common-lig-values> = [ common-ligatures | no-common-ligatures ]<discretionary-lig-values> = [ discretionary-ligatures | no-discretionary-ligatures ]<historical-lig-values> = [ historical-ligatures | no-historical-ligatures ]<contextual-alt-values> = [ contextual | no-contextual ]<feature-value-name> = <custom-ident><numeric-figure-values> = [ lining-nums | oldstyle-nums ]<numeric-spacing-values> = [ proportional-nums | tabular-nums ]<numeric-fraction-values> = [ diagonal-fractions | stacked-fractions ]<east-asian-variant-values> = [ jis78 | jis83 | jis90 | jis04 | simplified | traditional ]<east-asian-width-values> = [ full-width | proportional-width ]
Examples
Setting the small-caps font variant
HTML<p class="normal">Firefox rocks!</p> <p class="small">Firefox rocks!</p>
CSS p.normal { font-variant: normal; } p.small { font-variant: small-caps; }
ResultSpecifications
Specification |
---|
CSS Fonts Module Level 4 # font-variant-prop |
See also
text-transform
text-combine-upright
text-orientation
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