letter-spacing	NN 6 IE 4 CSS 1

	Inherited: Yes
Defines the spacing between characters within an element. Browsers normally define the character spacing based on font definitions and operating-system font rendering. To override the settings, assign a length value to the letter-spacing attribute. A negative value tightens the spacing, but test the effect on the selected font for readability on different operating systems.

CSS Syntax

letter-spacing: length \| normal

Value
See the discussion at the beginning of this chapter about length values. The best results use units that are based on the rendered font size (em and ex). A setting of normal is how the browser sets the letters without any intervention.

Initial Value
normal

Example

.tight {letter-spacing: -0.03em} blockquote {letter-spacing: 1.1em}

Applies To
All elements.

Object Model Reference

[window.]document.getElementById("elementID").style.letterSpacing