A <glyph> defines a single glyph in an SVG font.
Usage context
| Categories | Text content element |
|---|---|
| Permitted content | Any number of the following elements, in any order: Animation elements Descriptive elements Shape elements Structural elements Gradient elements <a>, <altGlyphDef>, <clipPath>, <color-profile>, <cursor>, <filter>, <font>, <font-face>, <foreignObject>, <image>, <marker>, <mask>, <pattern>, <script>, <style>, <switch>, <text>, <view> |
Attributes
Global attributes
Specific attributes
dhoriz-adv-xvert-origin-xvert-origin-yvert-adv-yunicodeglyph-nameorientationarabic-formlang
DOM Interface
This element implements the SVGGlyphElement interface.
Example
SVG
<svg width="400px" height="300px" version="1.1"
xmlns="https://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
<!-- Example copied from https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/fonts.html#GlyphElement -->
<defs>
<font id="Font1" horiz-adv-x="1000">
<font-face font-family="Super Sans" font-weight="bold" font-style="normal"
units-per-em="1000" cap-height="600" x-height="400"
ascent="700" descent="300"
alphabetic="0" mathematical="350" ideographic="400" hanging="500">
<font-face-src>
<font-face-name name="Super Sans Bold"/>
</font-face-src>
</font-face>
<missing-glyph><path d="M0,0h200v200h-200z"/></missing-glyph>
<glyph unicode="!" horiz-adv-x="80" d="M0,0h200v200h-200z"></glyph>
<glyph unicode="@" d="M0,50l100,300l400,100z"></glyph>
</font>
</defs>
<text x="100" y="100"
style="font-family: 'Super Sans', Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-weight: bold; font-style: normal">Text
using embe@dded font!</text>
</svg>
Result
Specifications
| Specification | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition) The definition of '<glyph>' in that specification. |
Recommendation | Initial definition |
Browser compatibility
| Feature | Chrome | Firefox (Gecko) | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic support | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Feature | Android | Firefox Mobile (Gecko) | IE Phone | Opera Mobile | Safari Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic support | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |