font-language-override
Summary
The ‘font-language-override’ property allows authors to explicitly specify the language system of the font, overriding the language system implied by the content language.
Overview table
- Initial value
normal- Applies to
- all elements
- Inherited
- Yes
- Media
- visual
- Computed value
- as specified
- Animatable
- No
- CSS Object Model Property
font- Percentages
- N/A
Syntax
font-language-override: <string>font-language-override: normal
Values
- normal
- specifies that when rendering with OpenType fonts, the content language of the element is used to infer the OpenType language system
- <string>
- single three-letter case-sensitive OpenType language system tag, specifies the OpenType language system to be used instead of the language system implied by the language of the element
Usage
OpenType supports language-specific glyph selection and positioning, so that text can be displayed correctly in cases where the language dictates a specific display behavior. Authors can control the use of language-specific glyph substitutions and positioning by setting the content language of an element.
<!-- Display text using S'gaw Karen specific features --> <p lang="ksw">...</p>
Notes
Use of invalid OpenType language system tags must not generate a parse error but must be ignored when doing glyph selection and placement.
See also
Related articles
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