alignment-baseline

Controls how an inline-level element (usually SVG text) aligns itself with the vertical baseline of its parent. It's essentially the 'vertical-align' for SVG text.

Quick example

text {
  /* Aligns the text to its mathematical center */
  alignment-baseline: central;
}

Quick facts

Initial value
baseline
Inherited
No
Applies to
inline-level boxes, flex items, grid items, table cells, and SVG text content elements
Animation type
discrete

Values

baselinealphabeticideographicmiddlecentralmathematicaltext-before-edgetext-after-edge

alignment-baseline Browser Support

Widely available Since 2015 94% global usage

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It has been available across browsers since 2015.

Safe to use without fallbacks.

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5.1+
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ESC