CSS property · data last changed 10 Nov 2026
text-justify in email clients
Works in none of the 21. Not supported in Gmail Android, Gmail iOS, Outlook Classic and 10 more. Partial in Gmail, Outlook 365, Outlook (New) and 1 more. Untested in Thunderbird, HEY Mail, Fastmail and 1 more.
Your reader in Outlook Classic sees the email without text-justify, even if it looks right where you tested it.
caniemail (MIT) via @emailens/engine 0.18.22
What to do instead in Outlook Classic
- Buggy.
text-justifyvaluesnone,inter-wordanddistributeare replaced withinter-ideograph
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All 21 clients, problems first
| Client | Support |
|---|---|
| Gmail Android | Not supported See caveat 2 |
| Gmail iOS | Not supported See caveat 2 |
| Outlook Classic | Not supported See caveat 3 |
| Outlook iOS | Not supported See caveat 2 |
| Outlook Android | Not supported See caveat 2 |
| Outlook for Mac | Not supported See caveat 2 |
| Apple Mail | Not supported See caveat 2 |
| Apple Mail iOS | Not supported See caveat 2 |
| Yahoo Mail Android | Not supported See caveat 2 |
| Yahoo Mail iOS | Not supported See caveat 2 |
| Samsung Mail | Not supported See caveat 2 |
| Proton Mail | Not supported |
| AOL Mail | Not supported See caveat 5 |
| Gmail | Partial See caveat 1 |
| Outlook 365 | Partial See caveat 1 |
| Outlook (New) | Partial See caveat 1 |
| Yahoo Mail | Partial See caveat 4 |
| Thunderbird | Untested |
| HEY Mail | Untested |
| Fastmail | Untested |
| Superhuman | Untested |
Caveats (5)
- 1. Gmail, Outlook 365, Outlook (New): Partial. Depends on browser support
- 2. Gmail Android, Gmail iOS, Outlook iOS, Outlook Android, Outlook for Mac, Apple Mail, Apple Mail iOS, Yahoo Mail Android, Yahoo Mail iOS, Samsung Mail: Buggy.
text-justifyis stripped - 3. Outlook Classic: Buggy.
text-justifyvaluesnone,inter-wordanddistributeare replaced withinter-ideograph - 4. Yahoo Mail: Partial. Depends on browser support Partial.
text-justifyis stripped except when the value isinter-wordordistribute - 5. AOL Mail: Partial. Depends on browser support Partial.
text-justifyis stripped except when the value isinter-wordordistributeBuggy.text-justifyis stripped
Caveats as recorded by caniemail (MIT), one entry per wording.
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