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.

As a presentation attribute, it can be applied to any element but it has effect only on the following eight elements: <altGlyph>, <text>, <textPath>, <tref>, and <tspan>

html, body, svg {
  height: 100%;
}

<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

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

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• css font-size