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Specifies the autospacing and narrow space width adjustment of text.
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Syntax
-ms-text-autospace: none | ideograph-alpha | ideograph-numeric | ideograph-parenthesis | ideograph-space
Property values
A variable of type String that specifies or receives one of the following values:
none
Default. No effect takes place—that is, no extra space is added.ideograph-alpha
Creates extra spacing between runs of ideographic and non-ideographic text, such as Latin-based, Cyrillic, Greek, Arabic, or Hebrew text.ideograph-numeric
Creates extra spacing between runs of ideographic text and numeric characters.ideograph-parenthesis
Creates extra spacing between a normal (non-wide) parenthesis and an ideograph.ideograph-space
Extends the width of the space character when it is adjacent to ideographs.
CSS information
Applies To | All elements |
Media | visual |
Inherited | no |
Initial Value |
Standards information
- CSS Text Level 3, Section 9.4
Remarks
Windows Internet Explorer 8. The -ms-text-autospace attribute is an extension to CSS, and can be used as a synonym for text-autospace in IE8 Standards mode.
An ideograph is a character in an Asian writing system that represents a concept or an idea, but not a particular word or pronunciation.