text-rendering

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Safe to Use

text-rendering is considered safe to use.

It’s supported by 94% of global browsers.

Browsers

ChromeJan 25, 2010v4.0.0
26%╱100%
100% of Chrome users are running a supported version.
SafariJun 7, 2010v5.0.0
5%╱100%
100% of Safari users are running a supported version.
EdgeJan 15, 2020v79.0.0
5%╱100%
There are no users of Edge running a supported version.
FirefoxNov 9, 2004v1.0.0
3%╱100%
100% of Firefox users are running a supported version.

Version Breakdown

 
Agent
Support
Adoption
Chrome
Jan 25, 2010 v4.0.0
26%╱100%
100% of Chrome users are running a supported version.
Jan 25, 2010 – Latest
v4.0.0+
26%╱100%

Full Support

This property is only supported on Windows and Linux.

Initial versions had bugs on Windows and Linux that broke font substitution, small-caps, letter-spacing or caused text to overlap.

Chrome Android
Jun 27, 2012 v18.0.0
36%╱100%
100% of Chrome Android users are running a supported version.
Jun 27, 2012 – Latest
v18.0.0+
36%╱100%

Full Support

This property is only supported on Windows and Linux.

Initial versions had bugs on Windows and Linux that broke font substitution, small-caps, letter-spacing or caused text to overlap.

Edge
Jan 15, 2020 v79.0.0
5%╱100%
There are no users of Edge running a supported version.
Jan 15, 2020 – Latest
v79.0.0+
5%╱100%

Full Support

This property is only supported on Windows and Linux.

Initial versions had bugs on Windows and Linux that broke font substitution, small-caps, letter-spacing or caused text to overlap.

Firefox
Nov 9, 2004 v1.0.0
3%╱100%
100% of Firefox users are running a supported version.
Nov 9, 2004 – Latest
v1.0.0+
3%╱100%

Full Support

This property is only supported on Windows and Linux.

The optimizeSpeed option has no effect on Firefox 4 because the standard code for text rendering is already fast and there is not a faster code path at this time. See bug 595688 for details.

Firefox for Android
Apr 26, 2016 v46.0.0
Firefox for Android supports this feature.
Apr 26, 2016 – Latest
v46.0.0+

Full Support

Internet Explorer
Unsupported
Internet Explorer does not support this feature.

No Support

 
Quest Browser
Unknown v5.0.0
Quest Browser supports this feature.
Unknown
v5.0.0+

Full Support

This property is only supported on Windows and Linux.

Initial versions had bugs on Windows and Linux that broke font substitution, small-caps, letter-spacing or caused text to overlap.

Opera
Jul 2, 2013 v15.0.0
1%╱100%
100% of Opera users are running a supported version.
Jul 2, 2013 – Latest
v15.0.0+
1%╱100%

Full Support

Opera Android
May 21, 2013 v14.0.0
Opera Android supports this feature.
May 21, 2013 – Latest
v14.0.0+

Full Support

Safari
Jun 7, 2010 v5.0.0
5%╱100%
100% of Safari users are running a supported version.
Jun 7, 2010 – Latest
v5.0.0+
5%╱100%

Full Support

Safari on iOS
Nov 22, 2010 v4.2.0
17%╱100%
100% of Safari on iOS users are running a supported version.
Nov 22, 2010 – Latest
v4.2.0+
17%╱100%

Full Support

Samsung Internet
Apr 27, 2013 v1.0.0
2%╱100%
100% of Samsung Internet users are running a supported version.
Apr 27, 2013 – Latest
v1.0.0+
2%╱100%

Full Support

This property is only supported on Windows and Linux. Samsung Internet is not on Windows or Linux.

WebView Android
Feb 22, 2011 v3.0.0
WebView Android supports this feature.
Feb 22, 2011 – Latest
v3.0.0+

Full Support

From version 3 to 4.3, there is a serious bug where text-rendering: optimizeLegibility causes custom web fonts to not render. This was fixed in version 4.4.

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