---
title: underline-position
slug: Web/SVG/Attribute/underline-position
tags:
  - Attribute
  - Reference
  - SVG
  - font
---
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The `underline-position` attribute represents the ideal vertical position of the underline. The underline position is expressed in the font's coordinate system.

You can use this attribute with the following SVG elements:

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

## Usage context

<table class="properties">
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">Categories</th>
      <td><em>None</em></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">Value</th>
      <td>
        <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/Content_type#number">&#x3C;number></a>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">Animatable</th>
      <td>No</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">Normative document</th>
      <td>
        <a
          href="https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/fonts.html#FontFaceElementUnderlinePositionAttribute"
          rel="external"
          >SVG 1.1 (2nd Edition)</a
        >
      </td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>
