font-kerning: auto; font-kerning: normal; font-kerning: none;  /* Global values */ font-kerning: inherit; font-kerning: initial; font-kerning: revert; font-kerning: unset; 

font-kerning

The font-kerning CSS property sets the use of the kerning information stored in a font.

Kerning defines how letters are spaced. In well-kerned fonts, this feature makes character spacing more uniform and pleasant to read than it would otherwise be.

In the image below, for instance, the examples on the left do not use kerning, while the ones on the right do:

Syntax

font-kerning: auto; font-kerning: normal; font-kerning: none;  /* Global values */ font-kerning: inherit; font-kerning: initial; font-kerning: revert; font-kerning: unset; 

Values

The browser determines whether font kerning should be used or not. For example, some browsers will disable kerning on small fonts, since applying it could harm the readability of text.

Font kerning information stored in the font must be applied.

Font kerning information stored in the font is disabled.

Formal definition

Formal syntax

auto | normal | none

Examples

Enabling and disabling kerning

<div id="kern"></div> <div id="nokern"></div> <textarea id="input">AV T. ij</textarea> 

div {   font-size: 2rem;   font-family: serif; }  #nokern {   font-kerning: none; }  #kern {   font-kerning: normal; } 

let input  = document.getElementById('input'); let kern   = document.getElementById('kern'); let nokern = document.getElementById('nokern');  input.addEventListener('keyup', function() {   kern.textContent = input.value; /* Update content */   nokern.textContent = input.value; });  kern.textContent = input.value; /* Initialize content */ nokern.textContent = input.value; 

Specifications

See also

Last modified: Aug 12, 2021, by MDN contributors