CSS word-spacing

The word-spacing attribute is used to set the size of spaces between words.

Syntax

word-spacing: <word-spacing-value>;

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

• px
• em

Example

Given the following HTML p tag:

<p>
  Docs is a community-driven collection of code documentation for popular
  programming languages and frameworks. Interested in helping build it?
</p>

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Set the space between the words to 0.5em:

p {
  word-spacing: 0.5em;
}

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This will display:

Note: For word spacing, using em values are recommended because the spacing can be set to match the size of the font.