The font-variant-numeric CSS property controls the usage of alternate glyphs for numbers, fractions, and ordinal markers.

font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-numeric: ordinal; font-variant-numeric: slashed-zero; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums;         /* <numeric-figure-values> */ font-variant-numeric: oldstyle-nums;       /* <numeric-figure-values> */ font-variant-numeric: proportional-nums;   /* <numeric-spacing-values> */ font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;        /* <numeric-spacing-values> */ font-variant-numeric: diagonal-fractions;  /* <numeric-fraction-values> */ font-variant-numeric: stacked-fractions;   /* <numeric-fraction-values> */ font-variant-numeric: oldstyle-nums stacked-fractions;  /* Global values */ font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-numeric: initial; font-variant-numeric: revert; font-variant-numeric: unset; 

font-variant-numeric

The font-variant-numeric CSS property controls the usage of alternate glyphs for numbers, fractions, and ordinal markers.

Syntax

font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-numeric: ordinal; font-variant-numeric: slashed-zero; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums;         /* <numeric-figure-values> */ font-variant-numeric: oldstyle-nums;       /* <numeric-figure-values> */ font-variant-numeric: proportional-nums;   /* <numeric-spacing-values> */ font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;        /* <numeric-spacing-values> */ font-variant-numeric: diagonal-fractions;  /* <numeric-fraction-values> */ font-variant-numeric: stacked-fractions;   /* <numeric-fraction-values> */ font-variant-numeric: oldstyle-nums stacked-fractions;  /* Global values */ font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-numeric: initial; font-variant-numeric: revert; font-variant-numeric: unset; 

This property can take one of two forms:

either the keyword value normal or one or more of the other values listed below, space-separated, in any order.

Values

normal

This keyword leads to the deactivation of the use of such alternate glyphs.

ordinal

This keyword forces the use of special glyphs for the ordinal markers, like 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th in English or a 1a in Italian. It corresponds to the OpenType values ordn.

slashed-zero

This keyword forces the use of a 0 with a slash; this is useful when a clear distinction between O and 0 is needed. It corresponds to the OpenType values zero.

<numeric-figure-values>

These values control the figures used for numbers. Two values are possible:

lining-nums activating the set of figures where numbers are all lying on the baseline. It corresponds to the OpenType values lnum. oldstyle-nums activating the set of figures where some numbers, like 3, 4, 7, 9 have descenders. It corresponds to the OpenType values onum. <numeric-spacing-values>

These values controls the sizing of figures used for numbers. Two values are possible:

proportional-nums activating the set of figures where numbers are not all of the same size. It corresponds to the OpenType values pnum. tabular-nums activating the set of figures where numbers are all of the same size, allowing them to be easily aligned like in tables. It corresponds to the OpenType values tnum. <numeric-fraction-values>

These values controls the glyphs used to display fractions. Two values are possible:

diagonal-fractions activating the set of figures where the numerator and denominator are made smaller and separated by a slash. It corresponds to the OpenType values frac. stacked-fractions activating the set of figures where the numerator and denominator are made smaller, stacked and separated by a horizontal line. It corresponds to the OpenType values afrc.

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 | [ <numeric-figure-values> || <numeric-spacing-values> || <numeric-fraction-values> || ordinal || slashed-zero ]
where <numeric-figure-values> = [ lining-nums | oldstyle-nums ]<numeric-spacing-values> = [ proportional-nums | tabular-nums ]<numeric-fraction-values> = [ diagonal-fractions | stacked-fractions ]

Examples

Setting ordinal numeric forms

Specifications

Specification
CSS Fonts Module Level 4 # font-variant-numeric-prop

See Also

font-variant-alternates font-variant-caps font-variant-east-asian font-variant-ligatures font-variant Select your preferred language English (US)Français日本語Русский中文 (简体) Change language