CSS: Letter Spacing, Word Spacing

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Letter Spacing

letter-spacing:normal

letter-spacing:0.5ex

letter-spacing:0.7ex

letter-spacing:1ex

letter-spacing:2ex

Note: ex is height of the letter x. [see CSS: Units]

syntaxmeaning
letter-spacing:normalnormal.
letter-spacing:css_lengthuse css_length. For example, letter-spacing:2ex [see CSS: Units]
syntaxmeaning
letter-spacing:initialbrowser default
letter-spacing:inheritinherit from parent

Word Spacing

the alphabet song a b c. normal

the alphabet song a b c. 2ex

the alphabet song a b c. 3ex

the alphabet song a b c. 4ex

syntaxmeaning
word-spacing:normalnormal.
word-spacing:css_lengthuse css_length. For example, word-spacing:3ex. [see CSS: Units]
syntaxmeaning
word-spacing:initialbrowser default
word-spacing:inheritinherit from parent
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