Text Properties
Text properties cover those aspects of text formatting other than what can be adjusted merely by changing the font. These include how far the text is indented, how the paragraph is aligned, and so forth. The most common of these properties include:
text-indent
The
text-indent
property specifies how far in to indent the first line of the block. (Indents of all lines are generally applied via margin properties.) Hanging indents can be specified by makingtext-indent
negative. This property only applies to block-level elements. For example, this style rule indents the first line of thestory
element by 0.5 inches from the left side:story { text-indent: 0.5in }
text-align
The
text-align
property can be set toleft
,right
,center
, orjustify
to align the text with the left edge of the block or the right edge of the block, to center the text in the block, or to spread the text out across the block. This property only applies to block-level elements.text-decoration
The
text-decoration
property can be set tounderline
,overline
,line-through
, orblink
to produce the obvious effects. Note, however, that the CSS specification specifically allows browsers to ignore the request to make elements blink. This is a good thing.text-transform
The
text-transform
property has three main values:capitalize
,uppercase
, andlowercase
.Uppercase
changes all the text to capital letters LIKE THIS.Lowercase
changes all the text to lowercase letters like this.Capitalize
simply uppercases the ...
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