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font-variant-east-asianBaseline · Widely available

The font-variant-east-asian CSS property controls glyph substitution and sizing in East Asian text.

Supported in all major browsers for at least 30 months — safe to use without fallbacks. Baseline since Jan 15, 2020. Widely available since Jul 15, 2022.

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Browser support

DesktopChrome
1–62Not supported
63+Supportedsince Dec 6, 2017
Current: 155
Edge
12–18Not supported
79+Supportedsince Jan 15, 2020
Current: 154
Firefox
1–33Not supported
34+Supportedsince Dec 1, 2014
Current: 157
Safari
1–9Not supported
9.1+Supportedsince Mar 21, 2016
Current: 27
MobileChrome Android
18–62Not supported
63+Supportedsince Dec 5, 2017
Current: 155
Firefox Android
4–33Not supported
34+Supportedsince Dec 1, 2014
Current: 157
Safari iOS
1–9Not supported
9.3+Supportedsince Mar 21, 2016
Current: 27

How to use

This feature is Baseline widely available — use it freely, no fallback needed.

Example

Full syntax and examples are on MDN: font-variant-east-asian.

Feature detection

CSS · check before using
@supports (font-variant-east-asian: initial) {
  /* styles that rely on font-variant-east-asian */
}

/* or in JavaScript */
if (CSS.supports("font-variant-east-asian", "initial")) {
  // use it
}

Documentation (MDN)

Specification

Sub-features

Support for each part of the feature (11). The overall table above shows when the whole feature works.

Sub-featureChromeEdgeFirefoxSafariChrome AndroidFirefox AndroidSafari iOS
font-variant-east-asian6379349.163349.3
font-variant-east-asian.full-width6379349.163349.3
font-variant-east-asian.jis046379349.163349.3
font-variant-east-asian.jis786379349.163349.3
font-variant-east-asian.jis836379349.163349.3
font-variant-east-asian.jis906379349.163349.3
font-variant-east-asian.normal6379349.163349.3
font-variant-east-asian.proportional-width6379349.163349.3
font-variant-east-asian.ruby6379349.163349.3
font-variant-east-asian.simplified6379349.163349.3
font-variant-east-asian.traditional6379349.163349.3