This property is used to create text composed of capital letters (existing
capital letters will be larger than the surrounding small-capped content.)
This property will have no effect on language systems that do not use more
than one case.
Allowed Values
inherit
CSS2
Type: Explicit
Description:
Explicitly sets the value of this property to that of the parent.
normal
CSS1 | CSS2
| IE4B1 | O3.5
Type: Explicit
Description:
This value specifies a font that does not use a 'small-capping' effect;
all differences in case are displayed as-is using the specified font.
small-caps
CSS1 | CSS2
| IE4B1 | O3.5
Type: Explicit
Description:
This value indicates a 'small-caps' font be used for the current content
(content is composed only of capital-case letters.) If such a font is not
natively available, the effect should be simulated by the browser using
different font sizes.
CSS1 Conformance: Content which does have
capital/lower-case letter distinctions may ignore this property
(treat it as though the value were set to "normal".)
Browser Peculiarities
Internet Explorer
4.0+:
- This property applies the same uniform font to both
lower- and upper-case letters.