CSS font-variant property
Description of property definition and use
The font-variant property sets the font display text for small capital letters, which means that all lowercase letters are converted to capitals, but all letters that use small capital fonts have smaller font sizes than the rest of the text
The font-variant property is primarily used to define small capital text
Default: | normal |
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Inherited: | yes |
Version: | CSS1 |
JavaScript syntax: | object .style.fontVariant="small-caps" |
Browser support
The numbers in the table support the first browser version number of the property.
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font-variant | 1.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.5 |
The property value
Value | Describe |
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normal | The default. The browser displays a standard font. |
small-caps | The browser displays fonts in small capital letters. |
inherit | Specifies that the value of the font-variant property should be inherited from the parent element. |
Related articles
CSS tutorial: CSS Font
CSS Reference Manual: Font Properties