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---
title: letter-spacing
slug: Web/SVG/Attribute/letter-spacing
translation_of: Web/SVG/Attribute/letter-spacing
---
<div>{{SVGRef}}</div>
<p><span class="seoSummary">The <strong><code>letter-spacing</code></strong> attribute controls spacing between text characters, in addition to any spacing from the {{SVGAttr("kerning")}} attribute.</span></p>
<p>If the attribute value is a unitless number (like <code>128</code>), the browser processes it as a {{cssxref("length")}} in the current user coordinate system.</p>
<p>If the attribute value has a unit identifier, such as <code>.25em</code> or <code>1%</code>, then the browser converts the <length> into its corresponding value in the current user coordinate system.</p>
<p class="note"><strong>Note:</strong> As a presentation attribute, <code>letter-spacing</code> can be used as a CSS property. See the {{cssxref("letter-spacing", "CSS letter-spacing")}} property for more information.</p>
<p>As a presentation attribute, it can be applied to any element but it has effect only on the following eight elements: {{SVGElement("altGlyph")}}, {{SVGElement("text")}}, {{SVGElement("textPath")}}, {{SVGElement("tref")}}, and {{SVGElement("tspan")}}</p>
<div id="topExample">
<div class="hidden">
<pre class="brush: css">html, body, svg {
height: 100%;
}</pre>
</div>
<pre class="brush: html; hightlight[2,3]"><svg viewBox="0 0 400 30" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
<text y="20" letter-spacing="2">Bigger letter-spacing</text>
<text x="200" y="20" letter-spacing="-0.5">Smaller letter-spacing</text>
</svg></pre>
<p>{{EmbedLiveSample("topExample", "200", "30")}}</p>
</div>
<h2 id="Usage_notes">Usage notes</h2>
<table class="properties">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th scope="row">Value</th>
<td><code>normal</code> | {{cssxref("length")}}</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row">Default value</th>
<td><code>normal</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row">Animatable</th>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>For a description of the values, please refer to the <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/letter-spacing#Values">CSS <code>letter-spacing</code></a> property.</p>
<p class="note">As of May 2019, Firefox <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=371787">ignores <code>letter-spacing</code></a> and renders text without.</p>
<h2 id="Specifications">Specifications</h2>
<table class="standard-table">
<thead>
<tr>
<th scope="col">Specification</th>
<th scope="col">Status</th>
<th scope="col">Comment</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>{{SpecName("CSS3 Text", "#letter-spacing-property", "letter-spacing")}}</td>
<td>{{Spec2("CSS3 Text")}}</td>
<td>SVG 2 just refers to the definition in CSS Text 3.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>{{SpecName("SVG1.1", "text.html#LetterSpacingProperty", "letter-spacing")}}</td>
<td>{{Spec2("SVG1.1")}}</td>
<td>Initial definition</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h2 id="Browser_compatibility">Browser compatibility</h2>
<p>{{Compat("svg.attributes.presentation.letter-spacing")}}</p>
<h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>
<ul>
<li>{{cssxref("letter-spacing", "CSS letter-spacing")}}</li>
</ul>
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