Typography
Font Variant Numeric
Utilities for controlling the variant of numbers.
Quick reference
Class | Properties |
---|---|
normal-nums | font-variant-numeric: normal; |
ordinal | font-variant-numeric: ordinal; |
slashed-zero | font-variant-numeric: slashed-zero; |
lining-nums | font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; |
oldstyle-nums | font-variant-numeric: oldstyle-nums; |
proportional-nums | font-variant-numeric: proportional-nums; |
tabular-nums | font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; |
diagonal-fractions | font-variant-numeric: diagonal-fractions; |
stacked-fractions | font-variant-numeric: stacked-fractions; |
Basic usage
Applying numeric variants
Use the font-variant-numeric
utilities to enable additional glyphs for numbers, fractions, and ordinal markers (in fonts that support them).
These utilities are composable so you can enable multiple font-variant-numeric
features by combining multiple classes in your HTML:
<p class="ordinal slashed-zero tabular-nums ...">
1234567890
</p>
Note that many fonts don’t support these features (stacked fractions support for example is especially rare), so some of these utilities may have no effect depending on the font family you are using.
Ordinal
Use the ordinal
utility to enable special glyphs for the ordinal markers.
<p class="ordinal ...">1st</p>
Slashed Zero
Use the slashed-zero
utility to force a 0 with a slash; this is useful when a clear distinction between O and 0 is needed.
<p class="slashed-zero ...">0</p>
Lining figures
Use the lining-nums
utility to use the numeric glyphs that are all aligned by their baseline. This corresponds to the lnum
OpenType feature. This is the default for most fonts.
<p class="lining-nums ...">
1234567890
</p>
Oldstyle figures
Use the oldstyle-nums
utility to use numeric glyphs where some numbers have descenders. This corresponds to the onum
OpenType feature.
<p class="oldstyle-nums ...">
1234567890
</p>
Proportional figures
Use the proportional-nums
utility to use numeric glyphs that have proportional widths (rather than uniform/tabular). This corresponds to the pnum
OpenType feature.
<p class="proportional-nums ...">
12121
</p>
<p class="proportional-nums ...">
90909
</p>
Tabular figures
Use the tabular-nums
utility to use numeric glyphs that have uniform/tabular widths (rather than proportional). This corresponds to the tnum
OpenType feature.
<p class="tabular-nums ...">
12121
</p>
<p class="tabular-nums ...">
90909
</p>
Diagonal fractions
Use the diagonal-fractions
utility to replace numbers separated by a slash with common diagonal fractions. This corresponds to the frac
OpenType feature.
<p class="diagonal-fractions ...">
1/2 3/4 5/6
</p>
Stacked fractions
Use the stacked-fractions
utility to replace numbers separated by a slash with common stacked fractions. This corresponds to the afrc
OpenType feature. Very few fonts seem to support this feature — we’ve used Ubuntu Mono here.
<p class="stacked-fractions ...">
1/2 3/4 5/6
</p>
Resetting numeric font variants
Use the normal-nums
propery to reset numeric font variants. This is usually useful for resetting a font feature at a particular breakpoint:
<p class="slashed-zero tabular-nums md:normal-nums ...">
12345
</p>
Applying conditionally
Hover, focus, and other states
Tailwind lets you conditionally apply utility classes in different states using variant modifiers. For example, use hover:tabular-nums
to only apply the tabular-nums
utility on hover.
<p class="proportional-nums hover:tabular-nums">
<!-- ... -->
</p>
For a complete list of all available state modifiers, check out the Hover, Focus, & Other States documentation.
Breakpoints and media queries
You can also use variant modifiers to target media queries like responsive breakpoints, dark mode, prefers-reduced-motion, and more. For example, use md:tabular-nums
to apply the tabular-nums
utility at only medium screen sizes and above.
<p class="proportional-nums md:tabular-nums">
<!-- ... -->
</p>
To learn more, check out the documentation on Responsive Design, Dark Mode and other media query modifiers.