<glyph>

A <glyph> defines a single glyph in an SVG font.

Usage context

Categories	Text content element
Permitted content	Any number of the following elements, in any order: Animation elements Descriptive elements Shape elements Structural elements Gradient elements <a>, <altGlyphDef>, <clipPath>, <color-profile>, <cursor>, <filter>, <font>, <font-face>, <foreignObject>, <image>, <marker>, <mask>, <pattern>, <script>, <style>, <switch>, <text>, <view>

Attributes

Global attributes

• Core attributes
• Presentation attributes
• class
• style

Specific attributes

• d
• horiz-adv-x
• vert-origin-x
• vert-origin-y
• vert-adv-y
• unicode
• glyph-name
• orientation
• arabic-form
• lang

DOM Interface

This element implements the SVGGlyphElement interface.

Example

SVG

<svg width="400px" height="300px" version="1.1"
    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
<!-- Example copied from https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/fonts.html#GlyphElement -->
  <defs>

    <font id="Font1" horiz-adv-x="1000">
      <font-face font-family="Super Sans" font-weight="bold" font-style="normal"
          units-per-em="1000" cap-height="600" x-height="400"
          ascent="700" descent="300"
          alphabetic="0" mathematical="350" ideographic="400" hanging="500">
        <font-face-src>
          <font-face-name name="Super Sans Bold"/>
        </font-face-src>
      </font-face>

      <missing-glyph><path d="M0,0h200v200h-200z"/></missing-glyph>
      <glyph unicode="!" horiz-adv-x="80" d="M0,0h200v200h-200z"></glyph>
      <glyph unicode="@" d="M0,50l100,300l400,100z"></glyph>
    </font>
  </defs>
  <text x="100" y="100" 
      style="font-family: 'Super Sans', Helvetica, sans-serif;
             font-weight: bold; font-style: normal">Text 
    using embe@dded font!</text>
</svg>

Result

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition) The definition of '<glyph>' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition

Browser compatibility

See also

• <font>
• <missing-glyph>
• SVG tutorial: SVG fonts