FontFace: descentOverride property

The descentOverride property of the FontFace interface returns and sets the value of the @font-face/descent-override descriptor. The possible values are normal, indicating that the metric used should be obtained from the font file, or a percentage.

Value

A string.

Examples

let fontFace = new FontFace(
  "Roboto",
  "url(https://fonts.example.com/roboto.woff2)",
  { descentOverride: "90%" }
);
console.log(fontFace.descentOverride); // 90%
fontFace.descentOverride = "normal";
console.log(fontFace.descentOverride); // 'normal'

Specifications

Specification
CSS Font Loading Module Level 3 # dom-fontfacedescriptors-descentoverride

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