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Letter Spacing Utilities in Tailwind CSS


Letter Spacing Utilities in Tailwind CSS

Letter spacing in Tailwind CSS controls the spacing between characters in text. This is useful for fine-tuning typography, improving readability, and achieving specific design aesthetics.

1. Letter Spacing Utilities

Tailwind CSS provides a range of utilities to adjust letter spacing. These utilities allow you to increase or decrease the space between characters in your text elements.

Utility Classes

  • tracking-{value}: Sets the letter spacing of the text.

Common Values:

  • tracking-tighter: Reduces the letter spacing to a tighter value.
  • tracking-tight: Reduces the letter spacing slightly.
  • tracking-normal: Sets the letter spacing to normal (default).
  • tracking-wide: Increases the letter spacing slightly.
  • tracking-wider: Increases the letter spacing more.
  • tracking-widest: Increases the letter spacing to the widest setting.

Values (in tailwind.config.js):

  • tracking-tighter: -0.05em
  • tracking-tight: -0.025em
  • tracking-normal: 0
  • tracking-wide: 0.025em
  • tracking-wider: 0.05em
  • tracking-widest: 0.1em

Example Usage:

Tighter Letter Spacing

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  <title>Tighter Letter Spacing Example</title>
  <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/tailwindcss@3.0.0/dist/tailwind.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body>
  <p class="tracking-tighter bg-blue-500 text-white p-4">
    Tighter letter spacing.
  </p>
</body>
</html>

Normal Letter Spacing

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  <title>Normal Letter Spacing Example</title>
  <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/tailwindcss@3.0.0/dist/tailwind.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body>
  <p class="tracking-normal bg-red-500 text-white p-4">
    Normal letter spacing.
  </p>
</body>
</html>

Wide Letter Spacing

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  <title>Wide Letter Spacing Example</title>
  <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/tailwindcss@3.0.0/dist/tailwind.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body>
  <p class="tracking-wide bg-green-500 text-white p-4">
    Wide letter spacing.
  </p>
</body>
</html>

Wider Letter Spacing

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  <title>Wider Letter Spacing Example</title>
  <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/tailwindcss@3.0.0/dist/tailwind.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body>
  <p class="tracking-wider bg-yellow-500 text-white p-4">
    Wider letter spacing.
  </p>
</body>
</html>

Widest Letter Spacing

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  <title>Widest Letter Spacing Example</title>
  <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/tailwindcss@3.0.0/dist/tailwind.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body>
  <p class="tracking-widest bg-gray-500 text-white p-4">
    Widest letter spacing.
  </p>
</body>
</html>

2. Customizing Letter Spacing

You can customize the letter spacing values in your tailwind.config.js file if you need values outside of the default options.

Configuration Example:

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      letterSpacing: {
        'extra-tight': '-0.1em',
        'extra-wide': '0.2em',
      },
    },
  },
};

Using Custom Letter Spacing:

Extra Tight Letter Spacing

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  <title>Extra Tight Letter Spacing Example</title>
  <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/tailwindcss@3.0.0/dist/tailwind.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body>
  <p class="tracking-extra-tight bg-gray-800 text-white p-4">
    Extra tight letter spacing.
  </p>
</body>
</html>

Extra Wide Letter Spacing

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  <title>Extra Wide Letter Spacing Example</title>
  <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/tailwindcss@3.0.0/dist/tailwind.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body>
  <p class="tracking-extra-wide bg-gray-900 text-white p-4">
    Extra wide letter spacing.
  </p>
</body>
</html>

Summary

  • Letter Spacing Utilities:

    • tracking-tighter: Applies a tighter letter spacing (-0.05em).
    • tracking-tight: Applies a slightly tighter letter spacing (-0.025em).
    • tracking-normal: Applies normal letter spacing (0).
    • tracking-wide: Applies a slightly wider letter spacing (0.025em).
    • tracking-wider: Applies a wider letter spacing (0.05em).
    • tracking-widest: Applies the widest letter spacing (0.1em).

  • Custom Letter Spacing:

    • Define custom values in tailwind.config.js for more specific needs.


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