The HTML DOM Style letterSpacing property is used for setting or getting the characters space between text.
Following is the syntax for −
Setting the letterSpacing property −
object.style.letterSpacing = "normal|length|initial|inherit"
The above properties are explained as follows −
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| normal | Thisis the default property and sets the character space to normal. |
| length | Forspecifying the character space in length units and negative valuesare also allowed. |
| initial | Forsetting this property to initial value. |
| inherit | Toinherit the parent property value |
Let us look at an example for the letterSpacing property:
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script>
function changeSpacing() {
document.getElementById("myP").style.letterSpacing = "12px";
document.getElementById("Sample").innerHTML = "The space between characters is now increased";
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<p id="myP">This is some text inside the sample paragraph. This is another line in paragraph. This is second line in paragraph. This is third line in paragraph. </p>
<p>Increase the space between characters in the above paragraph by clicking the below button</p>
<button type="button" onclick="changeSpacing()">Increase Letter Spacing</button>
<p id="Sample"></p>
</body>
</html>Output
On clicking the “Increase Letter Spacing” button −
