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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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Remark 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:

Example

a {text-decoration:none;}

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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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Remark 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.

Example

p {text-indent:50px;}

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Examples

More Examples

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).
PropertyDescriptionValuesCSS
colorSets the color of a textcolor1
directionSets the text directionltr
rtl
2
line-heightSets the distance between linesnormal
number
length
%
1
letter-spacingIncrease or decrease the space between charactersnormal
length
1
text-alignAligns the text in an elementleft
right
center
justify
1
text-decorationAdds decoration to textnone
underline
overline
line-through
blink
1
text-indentIndents the first line of text in an elementlength
%
1
text-shadow none
color
length
 
text-transformControls the letters in an elementnone
capitalize
uppercase
lowercase
1
unicode-bidi normal
embed
bidi-override
2
vertical-alignSets the vertical alignment of an elementbaseline
sub
super
top
text-top
middle
bottom
text-bottom
length
%
1
white-spaceSets how white space inside an element is handlednormal
pre
nowrap
1
word-spacingIncrease or decrease the space between wordsnormal
length

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