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CSS letter-spacing Property

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The letter-spacing property in CSS is used to set the spacing behavior between text characters i.e increasing or decreasing the space between characters in a text. 

Syntax:

letter-spacing: normal|length|initial|inherit;

Property values:

  • normal: The normal letter spacing for the current font i.e no extra space between characters. This is the default value.
  • length: This mode specifies extra inter-character space in addition to the default space between characters. Negative values are also allowed.  
  • initial: This mode sets this property to its default value. 

Example: In this example, we are using the above-explained property.

html




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   
<head>
    <title>CSS letter-spacing Property</title>
    <style>
        p {
            letter-spacing: normal;
        }
    </style>
</head>
 
<body style="text-align: center;">
    <h1 style="color:green;">
        GeeksforGeeks
    </h1>
 
    <h2>
        CSS letter-spacing Property
    </h2>
 
    <p>
        This paragraph has letter-spacing: normal;
    </p>
</body>
   
</html>


Output: letterspacing

Example: In this example, we are using letter-spacing: length; property.

html




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   
<head>
    <title>CSS letter-spacing Property</title>
    <style>
        p {
            letter-spacing: 5px;
 
        }
    </style>
</head>
 
<body style="text-align: center;">
    <h1 style="color:green;">
        GeeksforGeeks
    </h1>
 
    <h2>
        CSS letter-spacing Property
    </h2>
 
    <p>
        This paragraph has letter-spacing: 5px;
    </p>
</body>
   
</html>


Output: 

letterspacing

Supported Browsers: The browser supported by letter-spacing property are listed below:

  • Google Chrome 1.0 and above
  • Edge 12.0 and above
  • Firefox 1.0 and above
  • Opera 3.5 and above
  • Apple Safari 1.0 and above


Last Updated : 02 Aug, 2023
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