Text Properties Used in Style Sheets

Style Name Function Attributes Examples
letter-spacing Controls the amount of space between each letter in a section of text. normal (default)
# of pixels (px)		 letter-spacing: 2px;
line-height Controls the amount of vertical space between lines of text default is normal
# of pixels
or percentage		 line-height: 5px;
line-height: 5%;
text-align Controls the alignment for a section of text default is left
left
right
center		 text-align: left;
text-align: center;
text-align: right;
text-decoration Controls what the text looks like. Underline is especially useful for links, so they actually look like links. default is none
underline
overline
line-through
blink		 text-decoration: underline;
text-decoration: overline;
text-decoration: line-through;
text-decoration: blink;
text-indent Controls the indentation of the first line in a section of text.
Em by the way, is an old typography measurement referring to the X height, or capital letter height of the particular size of type being used. Em space was the standard paragraph indent in the days of old, when ink was applied to paper and formed into books, for people to read in an easy chair. En space refers to the lowercase letter height. That's some information that now that you know, you'll never ever need to remember again.		 default is none
number of pixels
ems		 text-indent: 5px;
text-indent: 2em;
text-transform Changes the case of a section of text to all upper, lower, or every word capitalized. default is none
uppercase
lowercase
capitalize		 text-transform: uppercase;
text-transform: lowercase;
text-transform: capitalize;
vertical-align Controls the vertical alignment of a section of text default is baseline
sub(script)
super(script)
top
text-top
middle
bottom
text-bottom		 vertical-align: sub;
vertical-align: super;
vertical-align: top;
vertical-align: text-top;
vertical-align: middle;
vertical-align: bottom;
vertical-align: text-bottom;
word-spacing Determines the space between words default is none
number of pixels		 word-spacing: none;
word-spacing: 4px;

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