{"id":2030,"date":"2016-09-19T13:28:05","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T13:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cssreset.com\/?p=2030"},"modified":"2016-09-19T13:28:05","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T13:28:05","slug":"how-to-use-css3s-letter-spacing-property","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cssdeck.com\/blog\/how-to-use-css3s-letter-spacing-property\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use CSS3&#8217;s Letter-Spacing Property"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CSS3&#8217;s letter-spacing property is a great way to increase or decrease the space between the letters of your text using CSS. Let&#8217;s jump right in with an example. To increase the letter spacing in the h2 tag below, use the following code:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2031 aligncenter\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-08-28 at 2.48.04 PM\" src=\"https:\/\/cssdeck.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-28-at-2.48.04-PM.png\" width=\"596\" height=\"72\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cssdeck.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-28-at-2.48.04-PM.png 596w, https:\/\/cssdeck.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-28-at-2.48.04-PM-300x36.png 300w, https:\/\/cssdeck.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-28-at-2.48.04-PM-180x21.png 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"ig-sh-1\" class=\"syntax_hilite\">\r\n\r\n\t\t<div class=\"toolbar\">\r\n\r\n\t\t<div class=\"view-different-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"view-different\">&lt; View <span>plain text<\/span> &gt;<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t<div class=\"language-name\">css<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<br clear=\"both\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"code\">\r\n\t\t<ol class=\"css\" style=\"font-family:monospace\"><li style=\"font-weight: normal;vertical-align:top\"><div style=\"font: normal normal 1em\/1.2em monospace;margin:0;padding:0;background:none;vertical-align:top\">h2<span style=\"color: #00AA00\">&#123;<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: normal;vertical-align:top\"><div style=\"font: normal normal 1em\/1.2em monospace;margin:0;padding:0;background:none;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-weight: bold\">letter-spacing<\/span><span style=\"color: #00AA00\">:<\/span> <span style=\"color: #933\">5px<\/span><span style=\"color: #00AA00\">;<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: normal;vertical-align:top\"><div style=\"font: normal normal 1em\/1.2em monospace;margin:0;padding:0;background:none;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color: #00AA00\">&#125;<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ol>\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n<p>Your results should look something like this:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2032 aligncenter\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-08-28 at 2.49.27 PM\" src=\"https:\/\/cssdeck.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-28-at-2.49.27-PM.png\" width=\"760\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cssdeck.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-28-at-2.49.27-PM.png 760w, https:\/\/cssdeck.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-28-at-2.49.27-PM-300x30.png 300w, https:\/\/cssdeck.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-28-at-2.49.27-PM-180x18.png 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can also use letter-spacing property to decrease the space between the characters, like this:<\/p>\n<div id=\"ig-sh-2\" class=\"syntax_hilite\">\r\n\r\n\t\t<div class=\"toolbar\">\r\n\r\n\t\t<div class=\"view-different-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"view-different\">&lt; View <span>plain text<\/span> &gt;<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t<div class=\"language-name\">css<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<br clear=\"both\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"code\">\r\n\t\t<ol class=\"css\" style=\"font-family:monospace\"><li style=\"font-weight: normal;vertical-align:top\"><div style=\"font: normal normal 1em\/1.2em monospace;margin:0;padding:0;background:none;vertical-align:top\">h2<span style=\"color: #00AA00\">&#123;<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: normal;vertical-align:top\"><div style=\"font: normal normal 1em\/1.2em monospace;margin:0;padding:0;background:none;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-weight: bold\">letter-spacing<\/span><span style=\"color: #00AA00\">:<\/span> <span style=\"color: #933\">-5px<\/span><span style=\"color: #00AA00\">;<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: normal;vertical-align:top\"><div style=\"font: normal normal 1em\/1.2em monospace;margin:0;padding:0;background:none;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color: #00AA00\">&#125;<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ol>\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2033 aligncenter\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-08-28 at 2.52.41 PM\" src=\"https:\/\/cssdeck.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-28-at-2.52.41-PM.png\" width=\"398\" height=\"64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cssdeck.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-28-at-2.52.41-PM.png 398w, https:\/\/cssdeck.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-28-at-2.52.41-PM-300x48.png 300w, https:\/\/cssdeck.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-28-at-2.52.41-PM-180x28.png 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The letter-spacing property is actually a really useful way to add some style to your CSS projects. Adding space between letters is a pretty common minimalist design trend. On the other hand, it can also be used to kern your text without having to use Photoshop or any other photo editing software &#8212; this is an effect often used for headers and logos. 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