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<glyph>

Deprecated: This feature is no longer recommended. Though some browsers might still support it, it may have already been removed from the relevant web standards, may be in the process of being dropped, or may only be kept for compatibility purposes. Avoid using it, and update existing code if possible; see the compatibility table at the bottom of this page to guide your decision. Be aware that this feature may cease to work at any time.

A <glyph> defines a single glyph in an SVG font.

Usage context

Categories Text content element
Permitted content Any number of the following elements, in any order:
Animation elements
Descriptive elements
Shape elements
Structural elements
Gradient elements
<a>, <altGlyphDef>, <clipPath>, <color-profile>, <cursor>, <filter>, <font>, <font-face>, <foreignObject>, <image>, <marker>, <mask>, <pattern>, <script>, <style>, <switch>, <text>, <view>

Attributes

Global attributes

Specific attributes

DOM Interface

This element implements the SVGGlyphElement interface.

Example

SVG

<svg
  width="400px"
  height="300px"
  version="1.1"
  xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <!-- Example copied from https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/fonts.html#GlyphElement -->
  <defs>
    <font id="Font1" horiz-adv-x="1000">
      <font-face
        font-family="Super Sans"
        font-weight="bold"
        font-style="normal"
        units-per-em="1000"
        cap-height="600"
        x-height="400"
        ascent="700"
        descent="300"
        alphabetic="0"
        mathematical="350"
        ideographic="400"
        hanging="500">
        <font-face-src>
          <font-face-name name="Super Sans Bold" />
        </font-face-src>
      </font-face>

      <missing-glyph><path d="M0,0h200v200h-200z" /></missing-glyph>
      <glyph unicode="!" horiz-adv-x="80" d="M0,0h200v200h-200z"></glyph>
      <glyph unicode="@" d="M0,50l100,300l400,100z"></glyph>
    </font>
  </defs>
  <text
    x="100"
    y="100"
    style="font-family: 'Super Sans', Helvetica, sans-serif;
             font-weight: bold; font-style: normal">
    Text using embedded font!
  </text>
</svg>

Result

Specifications

Specification
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition)
# GlyphElement

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
glyph No No No No No No No No No No No No
arabic-form No No No No No No No No No No No No
d No No No No No No No No No No No No
glyph-name No No No No No No No No No No No No
horiz-adv-x No No No No No No No No No No No No
lang No No No No No No No No No No No No
orientation No No No No No No No No No No No No
unicode No No No No No No No No No No No No
vert-adv-y No No No No No No No No No No No No
vert-origin-x No No No No No No No No No No No No
vert-origin-y No No No No No No No No No No No No

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/Element/glyph