IE8 Letter Spacing Demo

According to Microsoft's CSS Compatibility and Internet Explorer list, IE8 Beta 1 supports letter-spacing. This is not true. The following test fails to apply any letter spacing when viewed in IE8 Beta 1 using Standards Mode. Drop to IE7 Mode and the styles are applied.

Fixed in IE8 Beta 2.


No letter-spacing: ABCDE fghij 12345 !!! ...

1px letter-spacing: ABCDE fghij 12345 !!! ...

2px letter-spacing: ABCDE fghij 12345 !!! ...

3px letter-spacing: ABCDE fghij 12345 !!! ...

4px letter-spacing: ABCDE fghij 12345 !!! ...

5px letter-spacing: ABCDE fghij 12345 !!! ...


By Christopher Hester 30th March 2008 · Last updated: 29th August 2008