word-spacing

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Set space between words.

Syntax

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

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

  • px
  • em

Example 2

Set the space between words in p tag to 0.5em:

p {
  word-spacing: 0.5em;
}

For word spacing, using em values are recommended because the spacing can be set based on the size of the font.

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