text-emphasis-position
The text-emphasis-position
CSS property sets where emphasis marks are drawn. Like ruby text, if there isn't enough room for emphasis marks, the line height is increased.
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Syntax
css
/* Initial value */
text-emphasis-position: over right;
/* Keywords value */
text-emphasis-position: over left;
text-emphasis-position: under right;
text-emphasis-position: under left;
text-emphasis-position: left over;
text-emphasis-position: right under;
text-emphasis-position: left under;
/* Global values */
text-emphasis-position: inherit;
text-emphasis-position: initial;
text-emphasis-position: revert;
text-emphasis-position: revert-layer;
text-emphasis-position: unset;
Values
over
-
Draws marks over the text in horizontal writing mode.
under
-
Draws marks under the text in horizontal writing mode.
right
-
Draws marks to the right of the text in vertical writing mode.
left
-
Draws marks to the left of the text in vertical writing mode.
Description
The preferred position of emphasis marks depends on the language. In Japanese for example, the preferred position is over right
. In Chinese, on the other hand, the preferred position is under right
. The informative table below summarizes the preferred emphasis mark positions for Chinese, Mongolian and Japanese:
Language | Preferred position | Illustration | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Horizontal | Vertical | |||
Japanese | over | right | ||
Korean | ||||
Mongolian | ||||
Chinese | under | right |
Note: The text-emphasis-position
cannot be set, and therefore are not reset either, using the text-emphasis
shorthand property.
Formal definition
Initial value | over right |
---|---|
Applies to | all elements |
Inherited | no |
Computed value | as specified |
Animation type | discrete |
Formal syntax
Examples
Preferring ruby over emphasis marks
Some editors prefer to hide emphasis marks when they conflict with ruby. In HTML, this can be done with the following style rule:
css
ruby {
text-emphasis: none;
}
Preferring emphasis marks over ruby
Some other editors prefer to hide ruby when they conflict with emphasis marks. In HTML, this can be done with the following pattern:
css
em {
text-emphasis: dot; /* Set text-emphasis for <em> elements */
}
em rt {
display: none; /* Hide ruby inside <em> elements */
}
Specifications
Specification |
---|
CSS Text Decoration Module Level 3 # text-emphasis-position-property |
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser
See also
- The longhand properties
text-emphasis-style
,text-emphasis-color
, and the corresponding shorthand propertytext-emphasis
.