CSS | text-justify Property

Last Updated : 09 Aug, 2019

The text-justify property in CSS is used to set the text-align to justify. It spreads the words into the complete line.

Syntax:

text-justify: auto|inter-word|inter-character|none:initial|inherit;

Property Values: The text-justify property values are listed below:

auto: It is used to allow the browser to determine which justification property would be better for the given text.

Syntax:

text-justify: auto;

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
    <head> 
        <title>text-justify property</title> 
        <style> 
            #main { 
                border:1px solid green;
                padding-bottom: 6px;
            } 
            #geeks { 
                text-align:justify;
                text-justify:auto;
            } 
            h1, h2, h3 {
                text-align:center;
            }
        </style> 
    </head> 
    <body> 
        <h1 style = "color:green">
            GeeksforGeeks
        </h1> 
          
        <div id = "main"> 
          
            <h3>text-justify: auto;</h3> 
              
            <!-- text-justify property used here -->
            <div id = "geeks">
             HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language. 
             It is used to design web pages using a markup
             language. HTML is the combination of Hypertext
             and Markup language.
        </div> 
        </div>
    </body> 
</html>                    

Output:

inter-word: The text is justified by increasing or decreasing the spacing between individual words in a text.

Syntax:

text-justify: inter-word;

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
    <head> 
        <title>text-justify property</title> 
        <style> 
            #main { 
                border:1px solid green;
                padding-bottom: 6px;
            } 
            #geeks { 
                text-align:justify;
                text-justify:inter-word;
            } 
            h1, h2, h3 {
                text-align:center;
            }
        </style> 
    </head> 
    <body> 
        <h1 style = "color:green">
            GeeksforGeeks
        </h1> 
          
        <div id = "main"> 
          
            <h3>text-justify: inter-word;</h3> 
              
            <!-- text-justify property used here -->
            <div id = "geeks">
             HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language. 
             It is used to design web pages using a markup
             language. HTML is the combination of Hypertext
             and Markup language.
        </div> 
        </div>
    </body> 
</html>                    

Output:

inter-character: The text is justified by increasing or decreasing the spacing between individual characters in a text.

Syntax:

text-justify: inter-character;

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
    <head> 
        <title>text-justify property</title> 
        <style> 
            #main { 
                border:1px solid green;
                padding-bottom: 6px;
            } 
            #geeks { 
                text-align:justify;
                text-justify:inter-character;
            } 
            h1, h2, h3 {
                text-align:center;
            }
        </style> 
    </head> 
    <body> 
        <h1 style = "color:green">
            GeeksforGeeks
        </h1> 
          
        <div id = "main"> 
          
            <h3>text-justify: inter-character;</h3> 
              
            <!-- text-justify property used here -->
            <div id = "geeks">
             HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language. 
             It is used to design web pages using a markup
             language. HTML is the combination of Hypertext
             and Markup language.
        </div> 
        </div>
    </body> 
</html>                    

Output:

none: It is used to disable the justification methods used in the text.

Syntax:

text-justify: auto;

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
    <head> 
        <title>text-justify property</title> 
        <style> 
            #main { 
                border:1px solid green;
                padding-bottom: 6px;
            } 
            #geeks { 
                text-align:justify;
                text-justify:auto;
            } 
            h1, h2, h3 {
                text-align:center;
            }
        </style> 
    </head> 
    <body> 
        <h1 style = "color:green">
            GeeksforGeeks
        </h1> 
          
        <div id = "main"> 
          
            <h3>text-justify: auto;</h3> 
              
            <!-- text-justify property used here -->
            <div id = "geeks">
             HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language. 
             It is used to design web pages using a markup
             language. HTML is the combination of Hypertext
             and Markup language.
        </div> 
        </div>
    </body> 
</html>                    

Output:

Supported Browsers: The browser supported by text-justify property are listed below:

Google Chrome
Internet Explorer 11.0
Firefox 55.0
Opera
Safari 10.0.3

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