font-variation-settings

The font-variation-settings CSS descriptor allows authors to specify low-level OpenType or TrueType font variations in the {{cssxref("@font-face")}} at-rule. The values for this descriptor are the same as the {{cssxref("font-variation-settings")}} property, except for the global keyword values.

Since this descriptor sets variation values on the font object in the @font-face at-rule and not on an entire element, only some glyphs in an element may be rendered using this descriptor.

Syntax

/* Use the default settings */
font-variation-settings: normal;

/* Set values for OpenType axis names */
font-variation-settings: "xhgt" 0.7;

Values

• normal
  • : Text is laid out using default settings.
• <string> <number>
  • : When rendering text, the list of OpenType axis names is passed to the text layout engine to enable or disable font features. Each setting is always a {{cssxref("<string>")}} of 4 {{Glossary("ASCII")}} characters, followed by a {{cssxref("number")}} indicating the axis value. If the <string> has more or fewer characters or contains characters outside the U+20 - U+7E code point range, the whole property is invalid. The <number> can be fractional or negative.

Formal definition

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Formal syntax

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Examples

Setting font weight and stretch in a @font-face rule

@font-face {
  font-family: "OpenTypeFont";
  src: url("open_type_font.woff2") format("woff2");
  font-weight: normal;
  font-style: normal;
  font-variation-settings:
    "wght" 400,
    "wdth" 300;
}

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• Other @font-face descriptors: {{cssxref("@font-face/font-display", "font-display")}}, {{cssxref("@font-face/font-family", "font-family")}}, {{cssxref("font-feature-settings", "font-feature-settings")}}, {{cssxref("@font-face/font-stretch", "font-stretch")}}, {{cssxref("@font-face/font-style", "font-style")}}, {{cssxref("@font-face/font-weight", "font-weight")}}, {{cssxref("@font-face/src", "src")}}, {{cssxref("@font-face/unicode-range", "unicode-range")}}
• Related font properties: {{cssxref("font-feature-settings")}}, {{cssxref("font-variation-settings")}}