font-size

The font-size attribute refers to the size of the font from baseline to baseline when multiple lines of text are set solid in a multiline layout environment.

Note: As a presentation attribute, font-size can be used as a CSS property. See the css font-size property for more information.

You can use this attribute with the following SVG elements:

Example

<svg viewBox="0 0 200 30" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <text y="20" font-size="smaller">smaller</text>
  <text x="100" y="20" font-size="2em">2em</text>
</svg>

Usage notes

Value <absolute-size> | <relative-size> | <length-percentage>
Default value medium
Animatable Yes

For a description of the values, please refer to the CSS font-size property.

Specifications

Specification Status Comment
CSS Fonts Module Level 3
The definition of 'font-size' in that specification.
Recommendation No change
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition)
The definition of 'font-size' in that specification.
Recommendation Initial definition

Browser compatibility

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See also