Part 3: Text Properties
There are many CSS properties to use in your style sheets. Here are the text
properties and how to use them.
Text Properties
word-spacing - defines the amount of
space between the words.
- word-spacing : normal;
- word-spacing : +15mm;
Specify the length as you would the height of your font with ems, pixels, picas,
points, inches, centimeters, or milimeters. (Note: many browsers don't currently
support this style tag.)
letter-spacing - defines the amount of
space between each letter.
- letter-spacing : normal;
- letter-spacing : +1mm;
- letter-spacing : -1px;
Specify the length as you would the height of your font with ems, pixels, picas,
points, inches, centimeters, or milimeters. (Note: many browsers don't currently
support this style tag.)
text-decoration - defines the decoration
of the text.
- text-decoration : none; (used
on <a> tags to remove the underline.)
- text-decoration : overline;
- text-decoration : underline;
- text-decoration : line-through;
- text-decoration : blink;
text-transformation - defines the case
of the text.
- text-transform : capitalize;
- text-transform : uppercase;
- text-transform : lowercase;
- text-transform : none;
text-align - defines how the text will
be aligned on the page.
- text-align : left;
- text-align : right;
- text-align : center;
- text-align : justify;
text-indent defines how much the first line
of the text should be indented.
- text-indent : 15mm;
- text-indent : 5%;
Specify the length as you would the height of your font with ems, pixels, picas,
points, inches, centimeters, or milimeters.
line-height defines the amount of space
between lines of text.
- line-height : 1.5; (the number of lines)
- line-height : 5mm;
- line-height : 10%;
There are many more styles, but hopefully, these will get you started using
style sheets.
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