CSS Text
text formatting
This text is styled with some of the text formatting properties. The heading uses the text-align, text-transform, and color properties.
The paragraph is indented, aligned, and the space between characters is specified. The underline is removed from the "Try it yourself" link.
Text Color
The color property is used to set the color of the text. The color can be
specified by:
- name - a color name, like "red"
- RGB - an RGB value, like "rgb(255,0,0)"
- Hex - a hex value, like "#ff0000"
The default color for a page is defined in the body selector.
Example
body {color:blue;}
h1 {color:#00ff00;}
h2 {color:rgb(255,0,0);} |
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 For W3C compliant CSS:
If you define the color property, you must also define the background-color
property.
Text Alignment
The text-align property is used to set the horizontal alignment of a text.
Text can be
centered, or aligned to the left or right, or justified.
When text-align is set to "justify", each line is stretched so that every line has equal width, and the left and right
margins are straight (like in magazines and
newspapers).
Example
h1 {text-align:center;}
p.date {text-align:right;}
p.main {text-align:justify;} |
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Text Decoration
The text-decoration property is used to set or remove decorations from text.
The text-decoration property is mostly used to remove underlines from links for
design purposes:
It can also be used to decorate text:
Example
h1 {text-decoration:overline;}
h2 {text-decoration:line-through;}
h3 {text-decoration:underline;}
h4 {text-decoration:blink;} |
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It is not recommended
to underline text that is not a link, as this often confuses users.
Text Transformation
The text-transform property is used to specify uppercase and lowercase letters
in a text.
It can be used to turn everything into uppercase or lowercase letters, or
capitalize the first letter of each word.
Example
p.uppercase {text-transform:uppercase;}
p.lowercase {text-transform:lowercase;}
p.capitalize {text-transform:capitalize;} |
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Text Indentation
The text-indentation property is used to specify the indentation of the first line
of a text.
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Specify the space between
characters
This example demonstrates how to increase or decrease the space between
characters.
Specify the space between lines
This example demonstrates how to specify the space between the lines in a paragraph.
Set the
text direction of an element
This example demonstrates how to change the text direction of an element.
Increase the white space between words
This example demonstrates how to increase the white space between words in a
paragraph.
Disable
text wrapping inside an element
This example demonstrates how to disable text wrapping inside an element.
Vertical alignment of an image
This example demonstrates how to set the vertical align of an image in a text.
All CSS Text Properties
The number in the "CSS" column indicates in which CSS version
the property is defined (CSS1 or CSS2).
| Property |
Description |
Values |
CSS |
| color |
Sets the color of a text |
color |
1 |
| direction |
Sets the text direction |
ltr
rtl |
2 |
| line-height |
Sets the distance between lines |
normal
number
length
% |
1 |
| letter-spacing |
Increase or decrease the space between characters |
normal
length |
1 |
| text-align |
Aligns the text in an element |
left
right
center
justify |
1 |
| text-decoration |
Adds decoration to text |
none
underline
overline
line-through
blink |
1 |
| text-indent |
Indents the first line of text in an element |
length
% |
1 |
| text-shadow |
|
none
color
length |
|
| text-transform |
Controls the letters in an element |
none
capitalize
uppercase
lowercase |
1 |
| unicode-bidi |
|
normal
embed
bidi-override |
2 |
| vertical-align |
Sets the vertical alignment of an element |
baseline
sub
super
top
text-top
middle
bottom
text-bottom
length
% |
1 |
| white-space |
Sets how white space inside an element is handled |
normal
pre
nowrap |
1 |
| word-spacing |
Increase or decrease the space between words |
normal
length |
1 |
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