CSS: Letter Spacing, Word Spacing

By Xah Lee. Date: 2014-05-10. Last updated: 2026-04-30.

Letter Spacing

letter-spacing: cssLength: specify spacing width between letters.

Example

normal → something
1px → something
2px → something
5px → something
10px → something

CSS: Length Units

Word Spacing

word-spacing: cssLength: specify spacing width between words.

Example

normal → in the water
2ch → in the water
3ch → in the water
4ch → in the water

CSS: Length Units

CSS, Text Decoration