<glyph>
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.
A <glyph>
defines a single glyph in an SVG font.
Usage context
Categories | Text content element |
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Permitted content | Any number of the following elements, in any order: Animation elements Descriptive elements Shape elements Structural elements Gradient elements <a> , <clipPath> , <color-profile> , <cursor> , <filter> , <font> , <font-face> , <foreignObject> , <image> , <marker> , <mask> , <pattern> , <script> , <style> , <switch> , <text> , <view> |
Attributes
Global attributes
Specific attributes
d
Deprecatedhoriz-adv-x
Deprecatedvert-origin-x
Deprecatedvert-origin-y
Deprecatedvert-adv-y
Deprecatedunicode
Deprecatedglyph-name
Deprecatedorientation
Deprecatedarabic-form
Deprecatedlang
Deprecated
DOM Interface
This element implements the SVGGlyphElement
interface.
Example
SVG
html
<svg
width="400px"
height="300px"
version="1.1"
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
<!-- Example copied from https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/fonts.html#GlyphElement -->
<defs>
<font id="Font1" horiz-adv-x="1000">
<font-face
font-family="Super Sans"
font-weight="bold"
font-style="normal"
units-per-em="1000"
cap-height="600"
x-height="400"
ascent="700"
descent="300"
alphabetic="0"
mathematical="350"
ideographic="400"
hanging="500">
<font-face-src>
<font-face-name name="Super Sans Bold" />
</font-face-src>
</font-face>
<missing-glyph><path d="M0,0h200v200h-200z" /></missing-glyph>
<glyph unicode="!" horiz-adv-x="80" d="M0,0h200v200h-200z"></glyph>
<glyph unicode="@" d="M0,50l100,300l400,100z"></glyph>
</font>
</defs>
<text
x="100"
y="100"
style="font-family: 'Super Sans', Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-weight: bold; font-style: normal">
Text using embedded font!
</text>
</svg>
Result
Specifications
Specification |
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Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition) # GlyphElement |
Browser compatibility
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