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CSS Text Properties

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CSS Text properties define the appearance of text.

Examples

Set the color of the text
This example demonstrates how to set the color of the text.

Specify the space between characters
This example demonstrates how to increase or decrease the space between characters.

Align the text
This example demonstrates how to align the text.

Decorate the text
This example demonstrates how to add decoration to text.

Indent text
This example demonstrates how to indent the first line of a paragraph.

Control the letters in a text
This example demonstrates how to control the letters in a text.

CSS Text

Text properties allow you to control the appearance of text. It is possible to change the color of a text, increase or decrease the space between characters in a text, align a text, decorate a text, indent the first line in a text, and more.

Text Properties:

NN: Netscape, IE: Internet Explorer, W3C: Web Standard

Property Description Possible Values NN IE W3C
color Sets the color of a text color 4.0 3.0 CSS1
direction Sets the text direction ltr
rtl		     CSS2
letter-spacing Increase or decrease the space between characters normal
length		 6.0 4.0 CSS1
text-align Aligns the text in an element left
right
center
justify		 4.0 4.0 CSS1
text-decoration Adds decoration to text none
underline
overline
line-through
blink		 4.0 4.0 CSS1
text-indent Indents the first line of text in an element length
%		 4.0 4.0 CSS1
text-shadow   none
color
length		      
text-transform Controls the letters in an element none
capitalize
uppercase
lowercase		 4.0 4.0 CSS1
unicode-bidi   normal
embed
bidi-override		   5.0 CSS2
white-space Sets how white space inside an element is handled normal
pre
nowrap		 4.0 5.5 CSS1
word-spacing Increase or decrease the space between words normal
length		 6.0 6.0 CSS1

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