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<font>

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.

The <font> SVG element defines a font to be used for text layout.

Usage context

Categories Font element
Permitted content Any number of the following elements, in any order:
Descriptive elements
<font-face>, <glyph>, <hkern>, <missing-glyph>, <vkern>

Attributes

Global attributes

Specific attributes

DOM Interface

This element implements the SVGFontElement interface.

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
font
38–51Only on Windows Vista and XP.
4–38
No No No
25–37Only on Windows Vista and XP.
10.1–25
3.1 3–62 18–38 No 10.1–25 2 1.0–3.0
horiz-adv-x No No No No No No No No No No No No
horiz-origin-x No No No No No No No No No No No No
horiz-origin-y 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/font