word-spacing
Published Jul 5, 2021Updated Oct 13, 2023
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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 popularprogramming languages and frameworks. Interested in helping build it?</p>
Set the space between the words to 0.5em
:
p {word-spacing: 0.5em;}
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.
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