CSS letter-spacing

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Published Jul 5, 2021Updated Sep 3, 2021
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Set the horizontal spacing between the individual characters in an element.

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Syntax

letter-spacing: <letter-spacing-value>;

The CSS units for letter-spacing-value can be:

  • px
  • em

Example 2

Set the letter space between letters in p tag to 15px:

p {
letter-spacing: 15px;
}

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