`-webkit-text-stroke-width` CSS property
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It's been available across browsers since April 2017.
The -webkit-text-stroke-width CSS property specifies the width of the stroke for text.
Syntax
/* Keyword values */ -webkit-text-stroke-width: thin; -webkit-text-stroke-width: medium; -webkit-text-stroke-width: thick; /* <length> values */ -webkit-text-stroke-width: 2px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0.1em; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 1mm; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 5pt; /* Global values */ -webkit-text-stroke-width: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-width: revert; -webkit-text-stroke-width: revert-layer; -webkit-text-stroke-width: unset;
Values
This property is specified as the following value:
-
<line-width> - The width of the stroke.
Formal definition
| Initial value | 0 |
|---|---|
| Applies to | all elements |
| Inherited | yes |
| Computed value | absolute <length>
|
| Animation type | discrete |
Formal syntax
-webkit-text-stroke-width =
<length>
Examples
Varying stroke widths
CSS
p {
margin: 0;
font-size: 4em;
-webkit-text-stroke-color: red;
}
#thin {
-webkit-text-stroke-width: thin;
}
#medium {
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 3px;
}
#thick {
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 1.5mm;
}
HTML
<p id="thin">Thin stroke</p> <p id="medium">Medium stroke</p> <p id="thick">Thick stroke</p>
Results
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| Compatibility # the-webkit-text-stroke-width |
Browser compatibility
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on iOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
-webkit-text-stroke-width |
1 |
15 |
49 |
15 |
3 |
18 |
49 |
15 |
2 |
1.0 |
38 |
2 |
See also
- Introducing Text-Stroke on webkit.org (2006)
- CSS-Tricks article explaining this feature
-webkit-text-stroke-color-webkit-text-stroke-webkit-text-fill-color
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/Properties/-webkit-text-stroke-width