Web platform features explorer - Font metric overrides

The ascent-override, descent-override, and line-gap-override descriptors adjust the display of a font declared in an @font-face statement. This can help make fallback fonts look the same size.

Status

Limited availability

MDN documentation

@font-face

Specifications

CSS Fonts Module Level 4 (#font-metrics-override-desc), from Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group (W3C).

Browser support

Chrome 87 Released on 2020-11-17
Chrome Android 87 Released on 2020-11-17
Edge 87 Released on 2020-11-19
Firefox 89 Released on 2021-06-01
Firefox for Android 89 Released on 2021-06-01
Safari ❌
Safari on iOS ❌

Baseline availability blocked since June 2021 by Safari (54 months)

Usage (according to Chrome Platform Status)

~9.596% of page loads. More data at chromestatus.com.

Web Platform Tests (WPT)

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