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@font-feature-values

Baseline 2023
Newly available

Since ⁨March 2023⁩, this feature works across the latest devices and browser versions. This feature might not work in older devices or browsers.

The @font-feature-values CSS at-rule lets you use a common name in the font-variant-alternates property for features activated differently in OpenType. This can help simplify your CSS when using multiple fonts.

The @font-feature-values at-rule may be used either at the top level of your CSS or inside any CSS conditional-group at-rule.

Syntax

@font-feature-values Font Name {
  font-display: swap;
  @styleset {
    nice-style: 12;
  }
  @swash {
    fancy: 2;
  }
}

Each @font-feature-values block can contain a list of feature value blocks (listed below), as well as the font-display descriptor.

Feature value blocks

@swash

Specifies a feature name that will work with the swash() functional notation of font-variant-alternates. A swash feature value definition allows only one value: ident1: 2 is valid, but ident2: 2 4 isn't.

@annotation

Specifies a feature name that will work with the annotation() functional notation of font-variant-alternates. An annotation feature value definition allows only one value: ident1: 2 is valid, but ident2: 2 4 isn't.

@ornaments

Specifies a feature name that will work with the ornaments() functional notation of font-variant-alternates. An ornaments feature value definition allows only one value: ident1: 2 is valid, but ident2: 2 4 isn't.

@stylistic

Specifies a feature name that will work with the stylistic() functional notation of font-variant-alternates. A stylistic feature value definition allows only one value: ident1: 2 is valid, but ident2: 2 4 isn't.

@styleset

Specifies a feature name that will work with the styleset() functional notation of font-variant-alternates. A styleset feature value definition allows an unlimited number of values: ident1: 2 4 12 1 maps to the OpenType values ss02, ss04, ss12, and ss01. Note that values higher than 99 are valid, but don't map to any OpenType values and are ignored.

@character-variant

Specifies a feature name that will work with the character-variant() functional notation of font-variant-alternates. A character-variant feature value definition allows either one or two values: ident1: 3 maps to cv03=1, and ident2: 2 4 maps to cv02=4, but ident2: 2 4 5 is invalid.

Formal syntax

@font-feature-values = 
@font-feature-values <family-name># { <declaration-rule-list> }

<family-name> =
<string> |
<custom-ident>+

Examples

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Using @styleset in a @font-feature-values rule

/* At-rule for "nice-style" in Font One */
@font-feature-values Font One {
  @styleset {
    nice-style: 12;
  }
}

/* At-rule for "nice-style" in Font Two */
@font-feature-values Font Two {
  @styleset {
    nice-style: 4;
  }
}

/* Apply the at-rules with a single declaration */
.nice-look {
  font-variant-alternates: styleset(nice-style);
}

Specifications

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-feature-values 111 111 34 97 9.1 111 34 75 9.3 22.0 111 9.3
annotation 111 111 34 97 9.1 111 34 75 9.3 22.0 111 9.3
character-variant 111 111 34 97 9.1 111 34 75 9.3 22.0 111 9.3
historical-forms 111 111 34 97 9.1 111 34 75 9.3 22.0 111 9.3
ornaments 111 111 34 97 9.1 111 34 75 9.3 22.0 111 9.3
styleset 111 111 34 97 9.1 111 34 75 9.3 22.0 111 9.3
stylistic 111 111 34 97 9.1 111 34 75 9.3 22.0 111 9.3
swash 111 111 34 97 9.1 111 34 75 9.3 22.0 111 9.3

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@font-feature-values