The font-variant-east-asian property controls the usage of alternate glyphs for East Asian scripts. In particular, it is used to control glyph substitution and sizing in East Asian texts.
This property is one of the CSS3 properties.
| Initial Value | normal |
| Applies to | All elements. It also applies to ::first-letter and ::first-line. |
| Inherited | Yes. |
| Animatable | No. |
| Version | CSS3 |
| DOM Syntax | object.style.fontVariantEastAsian = “ruby”; |
Syntax
font-variant-east-asian: normal | <east-asian-variant-values> | <east-asian-width-values> | ruby | initial | inherit ;Example of the font-variant-east-asian property:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of the document</title>
<style>
h2 {
font-variant-east-asian: traditional;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Font-variant-east-asian property example</h2>
<h2>大学 → 大學</h2>
</body>
</html>Result
Values
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| normal | The use of alternate glyphs are not enabled. |
| <east-asian-variant-values> | Specifies a set of logographic glyph variants which are be used for display. Values are: jis78jis83jis90jis04simplifiedtraditional |
| <east-asian-width-values> | Controls the sizing of figures used for East Asian characters. Values are: proportional-widthfull-width |
| ruby | Forces the use of special glyphs for ruby characters. |
| initial | Makes the property use its default value. |
| inherit | Inherits the property from its parents element. |