How to change the space between words in CSS?

By IncludeHelp Last updated : November 13, 2023

To change the spacing between two words using CSS on a webpage, you need to use the word-spacing property. The default value of this property is "normal", you can specify word spacing by assigning the value such as 8px, 10px, 1em, 1.25em, etc.

Consider the below syntax -

.class_name {
  word-spacing: value;
}

For example, if you want to set 8px space between two words in the content of a paragraph, use the below style:

p {
  word-spacing: 8px;
}

Example

In this example, we have 4 paragraphs and apply different styles to them with different values of word spacing.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
    <style type="text/css">
      .space2{
      word-spacing: 2px;
      }
      .space4{
      word-spacing: 4px;
      }
      .space8{
      word-spacing: 8px;
      }	
      .space16{
      word-spacing: 16px;
      }		
    </style>
  </head>
  
  <body>
    <h1>Example to change the space between words in CSS</h1>
    <p class="space2">Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.</p>
    <p class="space4">Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.</p>
    <p class="space8">Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.</p>
    <p class="space16">Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.</p>
  </body>
  
</html>

Output

The output of the above example is:

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