---
title: descent
slug: Web/SVG/Attribute/descent
tags:
  - Deprecated
  - SVG
  - SVG Attribute
browser-compat: svg.elements.font-face.descent
---
{{SVGRef}}{{Deprecated_Header}}

The **`descent`** attribute defines the maximum unaccented depth of the font.

> **Note:** It was specified to share the syntax and semantics of the obsolete `descent` descriptor of the {{cssxref("@font-face")}} at-rule defined in an early version of CSS 2.

You can use this attribute with the following SVG elements:

*   {{SVGElement("font-face")}}

## Usage notes

<table class="properties">
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">Value</th>
      <td>{{cssxref("number")}}</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">Default value</th>
      <td>Value of {{SVGAttr("vert-origin-y")}}</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">Animatable</th>
      <td>No</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

## Specifications

<table class="no-markdown">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th scope="col">Specification</th>
      <th scope="col">Status</th>
      <th scope="col">Comment</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>
        {{SpecName("SVG1.1", "fonts.html#FontFaceElementDescentAttribute", "descent")}}
      </td>
      <td>{{Spec2("SVG1.1")}}</td>
      <td>Initial definition</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

## Browser compatibility

{{Compat}}
