FontFace: variationSettings property

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

The variationSettings property of the FontFace interface retrieves or sets low-level OpenType or TrueType font variations.

This property is equivalent to the font-variation-settings descriptor.

Value

A string containing a descriptor.

Specifications

Specification
CSS Font Loading Module Level 3
# dom-fontfacedescriptors-variationsettings

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
variationSettings
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 140 (Release date: 2025-09-02)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 140 (Release date: 2025-09-05)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 62 (Release date: 2018-09-05)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 124 (Release date: 2025-11-13)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 140 (Release date: 2025-09-02)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 62 (Release date: 2018-09-05)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 92 (Release date: 2025-10-08)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
Samsung Internet – No support
Samsung Internet
footnote No support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 140 (Release date: 2025-09-02)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – No support
WebView on iOS
footnote No support

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