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lengthAdjust

The lengthAdjust attribute controls how the text is stretched into the length defined by the textLength attribute.

You can use this attribute with the following SVG elements:

Example

<svg width="300" height="150" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <g font-face="sans-serif">
    <text x="0" y="20" textLength="300" lengthAdjust="spacing">
      Stretched using spacing only.
    </text>
    <text x="0" y="50" textLength="300" lengthAdjust="spacingAndGlyphs">
      Stretched using spacing and glyphs.
    </text>
    <text x="0" y="80" textLength="100" lengthAdjust="spacing">
      Shrunk using spacing only.
    </text>
    <text x="0" y="110" textLength="100" lengthAdjust="spacingAndGlyphs">
      Shrunk using spacing and glyphs.
    </text>
  </g>
</svg>

Usage notes

Value spacing | spacingAndGlyphs
Default value spacing
Animatable Yes

Specifications

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
lengthAdjust Yes 12 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/Attribute/lengthAdjust