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.
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Constituent properties
This property is a shorthand for the following CSS properties:
font-variant-alternates
font-variant-caps
font-variant-east-asian
font-variant-ligatures
font-variant-numeric
Syntax
font-variant: small-caps; font-variant: common-ligatures small-caps; /* Global values */ font-variant: inherit; font-variant: initial; 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 | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
CSS Fonts Module Level 3 The definition of 'font-variant' in that specification. |
Candidate Recommendation | Made it a shorthand of the new font-variant-* properties. |
CSS Level 2 (Revision 1) The definition of 'font-variant' in that specification. |
Recommendation | No change |
CSS Level 1 The definition of 'font-variant' in that specification. |
Recommendation | Initial definition |
Browser compatibility
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
font-variant | Chrome Full support 1 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 1 | IE Full support 4 | Opera Full support 3.5 | Safari Full support 1 | WebView Android Full support 1 | Chrome Android Full support 18 | Firefox Android Full support 4 | Opera Android Full support 11 | Safari iOS Full support 1 | Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0 |
CSS Fonts Module Level 3 shorthand | Chrome Full support 52 | Edge Full support 79 | Firefox
Full support
34
| IE No support No | Opera Full support 39 | Safari Full support 9.1 | WebView Android Full support 52 | Chrome Android Full support 52 | Firefox Android
Full support
34
| Opera Android Full support 41 | Safari iOS Full support 9.3 | Samsung Internet Android Full support 6.0 |
Greek accented characters | Chrome
No support
No
| Edge
No support
No
| Firefox
No support
No
| IE No support No | Opera
No support
No
| Safari No support No | WebView Android
No support
No
| Chrome Android
No support
No
| Firefox Android
No support
No
| Opera Android
No support
No
| Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android
No support
No
|
i → İ and ı → I | Chrome Full support 31 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 14 | IE Full support 4 | Opera Full support 18 | Safari Full support 8 | WebView Android Full support ≤37 | Chrome Android Full support 31 | Firefox Android Full support 14 | Opera Android Full support 18 | Safari iOS Full support 8 | Samsung Internet Android Full support 2.0 |
ß → SS | Chrome
No support
No
| Edge
No support
No
| Firefox
No support
No
| IE No support No | Opera
No support
No
| Safari No support No | WebView Android
No support
No
| Chrome Android
No support
No
| Firefox Android
No support
No
| Opera Android
No support
No
| Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android
No support
No
|
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- See implementation notes.
- See implementation notes.
- User must explicitly enable this feature.
- User must explicitly enable this feature.