Deprecated
This feature is no longer recommended. Though some browsers might still support it, it may have already been removed from the relevant web standards, may be in the process of being dropped, or may only be kept for compatibility purposes. Avoid using it, and update existing code if possible; see the compatibility table at the bottom of this page to guide your decision. Be aware that this feature may cease to work at any time.
The <font> SVG element defines a font to be used for text layout.
Usage context
| Categories | Font element |
|---|---|
| Permitted content | Any number of the following elements, in any order: Descriptive elements <font-face>, <glyph>, <hkern>, <missing-glyph>, <vkern> |
Attributes
Global attributes
Specific attributes
DOM Interface
This element implements the SVGFontElement interface.
Specifications
| Specification | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition) The definition of '<font>' in that specification. |
Recommendation | Initial definition |
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
font | Chrome
No support
38 — 51
| Edge No support No | Firefox No support No | IE No support No | Opera
No support
25 — 37
| Safari Full support 3.2 | WebView Android No support 3 — 62 | Chrome Android No support 18 — 38 | Firefox Android No support No | Opera Android No support 10.1 — 25 | Safari iOS Full support 3.2 | Samsung Internet Android No support 1.0 — 3.0 |
horiz-adv-x | Chrome No support No | Edge No support No | Firefox No support No | IE No support No | Opera No support No | Safari ? | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android No support No | Firefox Android No support No | Opera Android No support No | Safari iOS ? | Samsung Internet Android No support No |
horiz-origin-x | Chrome No support No | Edge No support No | Firefox No support No | IE No support No | Opera No support No | Safari ? | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android No support No | Firefox Android No support No | Opera Android No support No | Safari iOS ? | Samsung Internet Android No support No |
horiz-origin-y | Chrome No support No | Edge No support No | Firefox No support No | IE No support No | Opera No support No | Safari ? | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android No support No | Firefox Android No support No | Opera Android No support No | Safari iOS ? | Samsung Internet Android No support No |
vert-adv-y | Chrome No support No | Edge No support No | Firefox No support No | IE No support No | Opera No support No | Safari ? | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android No support No | Firefox Android No support No | Opera Android No support No | Safari iOS ? | Samsung Internet Android No support No |
vert-origin-x | Chrome No support No | Edge No support No | Firefox No support No | IE No support No | Opera No support No | Safari ? | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android No support No | Firefox Android No support No | Opera Android No support No | Safari iOS ? | Samsung Internet Android No support No |
vert-origin-y | Chrome No support No | Edge No support No | Firefox No support No | IE No support No | Opera No support No | Safari ? | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android No support No | Firefox Android No support No | Opera Android No support No | Safari iOS ? | Samsung Internet Android No support No |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- Compatibility unknown
- Compatibility unknown
- Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.
- Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.
- See implementation notes.
- See implementation notes.