Space separated CSS value keywords for activating OpenType features related to numeric forms. Using the CSS keywords for feature selection is at candidate recommendation status in the CSS Fonts Module level 3 and is the spec recommended way to activate common features. Signals from content developers and font foundries indicate that the CSS font-variant-* value keywords are easier to work with and less cryptic than font-feature settings.

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Specification

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Final published standard: Recommendation, Living Standard, Candidate Recommendation, or similar final form

Status in Chromium

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Enabled by default (tracking bug)

Consensus & Standardization

After a feature ships in Chrome, the values listed here are not guaranteed to be up to date.

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Search tags

css, font-variant-numeric, font-variant, typography, opentype,

Last updated on 2020-11-19