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The text-emphasis shorthand sets some emphasis marks on the glyphs denoted by the given string. Common emphasis marks are the asterisk, daggers, and double dashes. They are used in East Asian typography to emphasize pieces of text.
Last updated on : 2023-03-20
Browser Versions
IE
Edge
Firefox
Chrome
Safari
Opera
Fully Supported
Partially
No Support
Inherited
no
Applies to
all elements
Initial value
text-emphasis-style: none text-emphasis-color: currentcolor
Animation type
text-emphasis-color: a color text-emphasis-style: discrete
Computed value
text-emphasis-style: as specified text-emphasis-color: computed color
CSS Text Decoration Module Level 3 # text-emphasis-property
/* Initial value */
text-emphasis: none;
/* No emphasis marks */
/* <string> value */
text-emphasis: 'x';
text-emphasis: '点';
text-emphasis: '\25B2';
text-emphasis: '*' #555;
text-emphasis: 'foo';
/* Should NOT use. It may be computed to or rendered as 'f' only */
/* Keywords value */
text-emphasis: filled;
text-emphasis: open;
text-emphasis: filled sesame;
text-emphasis: open sesame;
/* Keywords value combined with a color */
text-emphasis: filled sesame #555;
/* Global values */
text-emphasis: inherit;
text-emphasis: initial;
text-emphasis: revert;
text-emphasis: unset;
text-emphasis styling on IE is not supported on any IE versions.
text-emphasis styling on Edge is fully supported on 100-111, partially supported on 79-99, and not supported on 12-18 Edge versions.
text-emphasis styling on Firefox is fully supported on 46-113, and not supported on 2-45 Firefox versions.
text-emphasis styling on Chrome is fully supported on 99-114, partially supported on 25-98, and not supported on 4-24 Chrome versions.
text-emphasis styling on Safari is fully supported on 7.1-16.4, partially supported on 6.1-7, and not supported on 3.2-6 Safari versions.
text-emphasis styling on Opera is fully supported on 86-95, partially supported on 15-85, and not supported on 9.5-12.1 Opera versions.
text-emphasis styling on Safari on iOS is fully supported on 7-16.4, and not supported on 3.2-6 Safari on iOS versions.
text-emphasis styling on Android Browser is fully supported on 99-111, partially supported on 4.4-98, and not supported on 2.1-4 Android Browser versions.
text-emphasis styling on Opera Mobile is fully supported on 72-73, partially supported on 64-64, and not supported on 10-12 Opera Mobile versions.
text-emphasis styling on Chrome for Android is fully supported on 99-111 and partially supported on 97-98 Chrome for Android versions.
text-emphasis styling on Firefox for Android is fully supported on all Firefox for Android versions.
text-emphasis styling on Samsung Internet is fully supported on 18-20 and partially supported on 4-17 Samsung Internet versions.
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Overall Browser Compatibility Score
Note:text-emphasis styling shows a browser compatibility score of 92. This is a collective score out of 100 to represent browser support of a web technology. The higher this score is, the greater is the browser compatibility. The browser compatibility score is not a 100% reflection for every browser and the web technology support. However, it does give you an estimate on how much you should rely on a particular web technology in terms of browser compatibility.
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