Letter-Spacing

letter-spacing Support Key: *CSS1* \| CSS2 \| *IE4B1* \| O3.5	Other Text Properties
	word-spacing white-space word-wrap text-align text-decoration	text-transform text-shadow text-indent text-underline-position
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What is it?: This property controls the space in addition to the default spacing between letters in a given section. Values may be negative. The justify value to the align property may influence the effects of this property.

Allowed Values
inherit
CSS2: Type: Explicit; Description:
Explicitly sets the value of this property to that of the parent.
normal
CSS1 | CSS2 | IE4B1 | O3.5: Type: Explicit; Description:
This value specifies that the font/browser default letter spacing will be used.
[length]
CSS1 | CSS2 | IE4B1 | O3.5: Type: Explicit; Description:
The length value is an amount in addition to the browser default space between letters. Any of the standard Absolute or Relative Length Units may be used. Negative values are allowed, but browsers may have limits to behavior in such situations.

Example: Ext/Doc: h5.close { letter-spacing: 0.1cm }; In-Line: <h5 STYLE="letter-spacing: 0.1cm">This is a test</h5>

Notes

CSS1 Conformance: Browsers may treat any value of this property as if it was set to "normal."

Browser Peculiarities