font-variant
The font-variant
CSS shorthand property allows you to set all the font variants for a font.
You can also set the CSS Level 2 (Revision 1) values of font-variant
, (that is, normal
or small-caps
), by using the font
shorthand.
Constituent properties
This property is a shorthand for the following CSS properties:
Syntax
font-variant: small-caps;
font-variant: common-ligatures small-caps;
/* Global values */
font-variant: inherit;
font-variant: initial;
font-variant: revert;
font-variant: unset;
Values
normal
-
Specifies a normal font face; each of the longhand properties has an initial value of normal. Longhand properties of
font-variant
are:font-variant-caps
,font-variant-numeric
,font-variant-alternates
,font-variant-ligatures
, andfont-variant-east-asian
. none
-
Sets the value of the
font-variant-ligatures
tonone
and the values of the other longhand property asnormal
, their initial value. <common-lig-values>
,<discretionary-lig-values>
,<historical-lig-values>
,<contextual-alt-values>
-
Specifies the keywords related to the
font-variant-ligatures
longhand property. The possible values are:common-ligatures
,no-common-ligatures
,discretionary-ligatures
,no-discretionary-ligatures
,historical-ligatures
,no-historical-ligatures
,contextual
, andno-contextual
. stylistic()
,historical-forms
,styleset()
,character-variant()
,swash()
,ornaments()
,annotation()
-
Specifies the keywords and functions related to the
font-variant-alternates
longhand property. small-caps
,all-small-caps
,petite-caps
,all-petite-caps
,unicase
,titling-caps
-
Specifies the keywords and functions related to the
font-variant-caps
longhand property. <numeric-figure-values>
,<numeric-spacing-values>
,<numeric-fraction-values>
,ordinal
,slashed-zero
-
Specifies the keywords related to the
font-variant-numeric
longhand property. The possible values are:lining-nums
,oldstyle-nums
,proportional-nums
,tabular-nums
,diagonal-fractions
,stacked-fractions
,ordinal
, andslashed-zero
. <east-asian-variant-values>
,<east-asian-width-values>
,ruby
-
Specifies the keywords related to the
font-variant-east-asian
longhand property. The possible values are:jis78
,jis83
,jis90
,jis04
,simplified
,traditional
,full-width
,proportional-width
,ruby
.
Formal definition
Initial value | normal |
---|---|
Applies to | all elements. It also applies to ::first-letter and ::first-line . |
Inherited | yes |
Computed value | as specified |
Animation type | discrete |
Formal syntax
normal | none | [ <common-lig-values> || <discretionary-lig-values> || <historical-lig-values> || <contextual-alt-values> || stylistic( <feature-value-name> ) || historical-forms || styleset( <feature-value-name># ) || character-variant( <feature-value-name># ) || swash( <feature-value-name> ) || ornaments( <feature-value-name> ) || annotation( <feature-value-name> ) || [ small-caps | all-small-caps | petite-caps | all-petite-caps | unicase | titling-caps ] || <numeric-figure-values> || <numeric-spacing-values> || <numeric-fraction-values> || ordinal || slashed-zero || <east-asian-variant-values> || <east-asian-width-values> || ruby ]where
<common-lig-values> = [ common-ligatures | no-common-ligatures ]
<discretionary-lig-values> = [ discretionary-ligatures | no-discretionary-ligatures ]
<historical-lig-values> = [ historical-ligatures | no-historical-ligatures ]
<contextual-alt-values> = [ contextual | no-contextual ]
<feature-value-name> = <custom-ident>
<numeric-figure-values> = [ lining-nums | oldstyle-nums ]
<numeric-spacing-values> = [ proportional-nums | tabular-nums ]
<numeric-fraction-values> = [ diagonal-fractions | stacked-fractions ]
<east-asian-variant-values> = [ jis78 | jis83 | jis90 | jis04 | simplified | traditional ]
<east-asian-width-values> = [ full-width | proportional-width ]
Examples
Setting the small-caps font variant
HTML
<p class="normal">Firefox rocks!</p>
<p class="small">Firefox rocks!</p>
CSS
p.normal {
font-variant: normal;
}
p.small {
font-variant: small-caps;
}
Result
Specifications
Specification |
---|
CSS Fonts Module Level 4 # font-variant-prop |
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