text-combine-upright
Quick Summary for text-combine-upright
text-combine-upright
CSS property sets the combination of characters into the space of a single character. If the combined text is wider than 1em, the user agent must fit the contents within 1em. The resulting composition is treated as a single upright glyph for layout and decoration. This property only has an effect in vertical writing modes.
Code Usage for text-combine-upright
/* Keyword values */ text-combine-upright: none; text-combine-upright: all; /* Digits values */ text-combine-upright: digits; /* fits 2 consecutive digits horizontally inside vertical text */ text-combine-upright: digits 4; /* fits up to 4 consecutive digits horizontally inside vertical text */ /* Global values */ text-combine-upright: inherit; text-combine-upright: initial; text-combine-upright: revert; text-combine-upright: unset;
More Details for text-combine-upright
text-combine-upright
The text-combine-upright
CSS property sets the combination of characters into the space of a single character. If the combined text is wider than 1em, the user agent must fit the contents within 1em. The resulting composition is treated as a single upright glyph for layout and decoration. This property only has an effect in vertical writing modes.
This is used to produce an effect that is known as tate-chū-yoko (縦中横) in Japanese, or as 直書橫向 in Chinese.
/* Keyword values */ text-combine-upright: none; text-combine-upright: all; /* Digits values */ text-combine-upright: digits; /* fits 2 consecutive digits horizontally inside vertical text */ text-combine-upright: digits 4; /* fits up to 4 consecutive digits horizontally inside vertical text */ /* Global values */ text-combine-upright: inherit; text-combine-upright: initial; text-combine-upright: revert; text-combine-upright: unset;
Syntax
Values
none
There is no special processing.
all
Attempts to typeset all consecutive characters within the box horizontally, such that they take up the space of a single character within the vertical line of the box.
digits <integer>?
Attempts to display a sequence of consecutive ASCII digits (U+0030–U+0039) that has as many or fewer characters than the specified integer, such that it takes up the space of a single character within the vertical line box. If the integer is omitted, it computes to 2. Integers outside the range of 2-4 are invalid.
Formal definition
Initial value | none |
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Applies to | non-replaced inline elements |
Inherited | yes |
Computed value | specified keyword, plus integer if 'digits' |
Animation type | Not animatable |
Formal syntax
none | all | [ digits <integer>? ]
Examples
Example using "digits"
The digits value requires less markup than the all value when digits are being combined, but it is currently not very widely supported by browsers.
HTML<p lang="ja" class="exampleText">平成20年4月16日に</p>
CSS .exampleText { writing-mode: vertical-lr; text-combine-upright: digits 2; font: 36px serif; }
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Example using "all"
The all value requires markup around every piece of horizontal text, but it is currently supported by more browsers than the digits value.
HTML<p lang="zh-Hant">民國<span class="num">105</span >年<span class="num">4</span >月<span class="num">29</span>日</p>
CSS html { writing-mode: vertical-rl; font: 24px serif } .num { text-combine-upright: all }
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Specifications
Specification |
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CSS Writing Modes Level 4 # text-combine-upright |
See also
writing-mode
, text-orientation
Last modified: Feb 5, 2022, by MDN contributors