font-width

Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

Non-standard: This feature is not standardized. We do not recommend using non-standard features in production, as they have limited browser support, and may change or be removed. However, they can be a suitable alternative in specific cases where no standard option exists.

The font-width attribute selects a normal, condensed, or expanded face from a font family for the glyphs used to render the text.

Note: The font-width attribute is the modern replacement for the font-stretch attribute, which is a legacy alias. While font-width is the specification's preferred name, font-stretch currently has broader browser support.

You can use this attribute with the following SVG elements:

Note: As a presentation attribute, font-width also has a CSS property counterpart: font-width. When both are specified, the CSS property takes priority.

Usage notes

Value See font-width
Default value normal
Animatable Yes

Specifications

This feature does not appear to be defined in any specification.

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
font-width
Experimental Non-standard
Chrome – No support
Chrome
footnote No support
Edge – No support
Edge
footnote No support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – No support
Opera
footnote No support
Safari – Full support
Safari 18.4 (Release date: 2025-03-31)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – No support
Chrome Android
footnote No support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Opera Android – No support
Opera Android
footnote No support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
Samsung Internet – No support
Samsung Internet
footnote No support
WebView Android – No support
WebView Android
footnote No support
WebView on iOS – No support
WebView on iOS
footnote No support

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Full support
Full support
No support
No support
Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
Non-standard. Check cross-browser support before using.

See also