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-webkit-text-stroke

The -webkit-text-stroke CSS property specifies the width and color of strokes for text characters. This is a shorthand property for the longhand properties -webkit-text-stroke-width and -webkit-text-stroke-color.

css

/* Width and color values */
-webkit-text-stroke: 4px navy;
text-stroke: 4px navy;

/* Global values */
-webkit-text-stroke: inherit;
-webkit-text-stroke: initial;
-webkit-text-stroke: revert;
-webkit-text-stroke: revert-layer;
-webkit-text-stroke: unset;

Constituent properties

This property is a shorthand for the following CSS properties:

Syntax

Values

<length>

The width of the stroke.

<color>

The color of the stroke.

Formal definition

Initial value as each of the properties of the shorthand:
Applies to all elements
Inherited yes
Computed value as each of the properties of the shorthand:
Animation type as each of the properties of the shorthand:

Formal syntax

-webkit-text-stroke = 
  <line-width>  ||
  <color>       

<line-width> = 
  <length [0,∞]>  |
  thin            |
  medium          |
  thick

Examples

Adding a red text stroke

HTML

html

<p id="example">The stroke of this text is red.</p>

CSS

css

#example {
  font-size: 3em;
  margin: 0;
  -webkit-text-stroke: 2px red;
}

Result

Specifications

Specification
Compatibility Standard
# the-webkit-text-stroke

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
-webkit-text-stroke 4 15 49 No 15 3 4 18 49 14 2 1.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/-webkit-text-stroke