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{{SVGRef}}

The SVG <text> element draws a graphics element consisting of text. It's possible to apply a gradient, pattern, clipping path, mask, or filter to <text>, like any other SVG graphics element.

If text is included in SVG not inside of a <text> element, it is not rendered. This is different than being hidden by default, as setting the {{SVGAttr('display')}} property won't show the text.

Note: the <text> element does not wrap by default, to make this happen it needs to be styled with the {{CSSXRef("white-space")}} CSS property.

Example

html,
body,
svg {
  height: 100%;
}
<svg viewBox="0 0 240 80" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <style>
    .small {
      font: italic 13px sans-serif;
    }
    .heavy {
      font: bold 30px sans-serif;
    }

    /* Note that the color of the text is set with the    *
     * fill property, the color property is for HTML only */
    .Rrrrr {
      font: italic 40px serif;
      fill: red;
    }
  </style>

  <text x="20" y="35" class="small">My</text>
  <text x="40" y="35" class="heavy">cat</text>
  <text x="55" y="55" class="small">is</text>
  <text x="65" y="55" class="Rrrrr">Grumpy!</text>
</svg>

{{EmbedLiveSample('Example', 100, '100%')}}

Attributes

  • {{SVGAttr("x")}}
    • : The x coordinate of the starting point of the text baseline. Value type: <length>|<percentage> ; Default value: 0; Animatable: yes
  • {{SVGAttr("y")}}
    • : The y coordinate of the starting point of the text baseline. Value type: <length>|<percentage> ; Default value: 0; Animatable: yes
  • {{SVGAttr("dx")}}
    • : Shifts the text position horizontally from a previous text element. Value type: <length>|<percentage> ; Default value: none; Animatable: yes
  • {{SVGAttr("dy")}}
    • : Shifts the text position vertically from a previous text element. Value type: <length>|<percentage> ; Default value: none; Animatable: yes
  • {{SVGAttr("rotate")}}
    • : Rotates orientation of each individual glyph. Can rotate glyphs individually. Value type: <list-of-number> ; Default value: none; Animatable: yes
  • {{SVGAttr("lengthAdjust")}}
    • : How the text is stretched or compressed to fit the width defined by the textLength attribute. Value type: spacing|spacingAndGlyphs; Default value: spacing; Animatable: yes
  • {{SVGAttr("textLength")}}
    • : A width that the text should be scaled to fit. Value type: <length>|<percentage> ; Default value: none; Animatable: yes

Usage notes

{{svginfo}}

Specifications

{{Specifications}}

Browser compatibility

{{Compat}}

Related

  • Other SVG text related elements: {{SVGElement("tspan")}}, {{SVGElement("tref")}}

See also

  • {{CSSXRef("white-space", "", "#multiple_lines_in_svg_text_element")}}