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Font Properties Text Properties

Font-Family Word-Spacing
Changes the font family of certain words, sentences, Defines an additional amount of space between words.
paragraphs, etc. P EM { word-spacing: 0.4em; }
P { font-family: "New Century Schoolbook", Times, serif; } P.note { word-spacing: -0.2em; }

Font-Style Letter-Spacing
Changes text: normal, oblique, and italics. Defines an additional amount of space between characters.
H1 { font-style: oblique; } H1 { letter-spacing: 0.1em; }
P { font-style: normal; } P.note { letter-spacing: -0.1em; }

Font-Variant Text-Decoration
Used to display font in normal or small-caps. Allows text to be decorated through one of five properties:
SPAN { font-variant: small-caps; } underline, overline, line-through, blink, none.
A:link, A:visited, A:active { text-decoration: none; }
Font-Weight

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Used to specify the weight of the font. Vertical-Align

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H1 { font-weight: 800; } or P { font-weight: normal; } Used to alter the vertical positioning of an inline element,
relative to its parent element or to the element's line.
Font-Size IMG.middle { vertical-align: middle; }

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Used to modify the size of the displayed font. IMG { vertical-align: 50%; }
H1 { font-size: large; } or P { font-size: 12pt; } .exponent { vertical-align: super; }

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LI { font-size: 90%; }
STRONG { font-size: larger; } Text-Transform
Allows for capitalizing the first letter of each word (capitalize),
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capitalizing all letters of a word (uppercase), using all small
Used to combine all properties of fonts. letters in each word(lowercase), and the inital value(none).
P { font: italic bold 12pt/14pt Times, serif; } H1 { text-transform: uppercase; }
H2 { text-transform: capitalize; }
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Color and Background Properties Text-Align
Used to justify text left, center, right, and justify.

Color
Changes the color of text. H1 { text-align: center; }
H1 { color: blue; } or H2 { color: #000080; } P.newspaper { text-align: justify; }
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Background-Color Text-Indent
Sets the background color of an element. Used to specify the amount of indentation prior to the first line
BODY { background-color: white; } of text.
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H1 { background-color: #000080; } P { text-indent: 5em; }

Background-Image Line-Height
Sets the background image of an element. Used to control the spacing between baselines of text.
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BODY { background-image: url(/images/foo.gif); } P { line-height: 200%; }

P { background-image: url(http://www.htmlhelp.com/bg.png); }

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Background-Repeat
Determines how a specified background image is repeated. List-Style-Type
The repeat-x value will repeat the image horizontally while the Specifies the type of list-item marker, and is used if list-style-
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repeat-y value will repeat the image vertically. image is none or if image loading is turned off.
BODY { background: white url(candybar.gif); LI.square { list-style-type: square; }
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background-repeat: repeat-x; } UL.plain { list-style-type: none; }

OL { list-style-type: upper-alpha; } /* A B C D E etc. */
OL OL { list-style-type: decimal; } /* 1 2 3 4 5 etc. */
Background-Attachment
OL OL OL { list-style-type: lower-roman; } /* i ii iii iv v etc. */
Determines if a specified background image will scroll with the
content or be fixed with regard to the canvas. List-Style-Image
BODY { background: white url(candybar.gif);
Specifies the image that will be used as list-item marker when
background-attachment: fixed; }
image loading is turned on, replacing the marker specified in
Background the list-style-type property.
UL.check { list-style-image: url(/LI-markers/checkmark.gif); }
Used to combine all properties of background.
UL LI.x { list-style-image: url(x.png); }
BODY { background: white url(http://www.htmlhelp.com/foo.gif); }
BLOCKQUOTE { background: #7fffd4; }
P { background: url(../backgrounds/pawn.png) #f0f8ff fixed; } List-Style-Position
TABLE { background: red url(leaves.jpg) no-repeat bottom right; } Determines where the marker is placed in regard to the list
item. If the value inside is used, the lines will wrap under the
marker instead of being indented. outside is default.
UL { list-style-position: inside; }
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Box Properties
Margin-Top Border-Left-Width
Sets the top margin of an element by specifying a length or a Used to specify the width of an element's left border.
percentage. P { border-left: 20%; }
BODY { margin-top: 5pt; }
Border-Width
Margin-Right Used to set the width of an element's border (either all
Sets the right margin of an element by specifying a length or a borders, or specifying top border, right border, bottom border,
percentage. left border).
P.narrow { margin-right: 50%; } P { border-width: 20%; }
P { border-width: 10px 5px 10px 5px; }
Margin-Bottom
sets the bottom margin of an element by specifying a length or Border-Color
a percentage. Used to set the color of an element's border.
DT { margin-bottom: 3em; } P { border-color: #00000; }

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Margin-Left Border-Style

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sets the left margin of an element by specifying a length or a Sets style of a border - none, dotted, dashed, solid, double.
percentage. P { border-style: dotted; }

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ADDRESS { margin-left: 50%; }
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Margin Sets the width, style, and color of an element's top border.
Sets the margins of an element by specifying top, bottom, left P { border-top: 10px, red, double; }
and right margins -- all either specifying length or percentage.
BODY { margin: 5em; } /* all margins 5em */ Border-Right

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P { margin: 2em 4em; } /* top & bottom 2em, left & right 4em */ Sets the width, style, and color of an element's right border.
DIV { margin: 1em 2em 3em 4em; } P { border-right: 10px, red, double; }
/* top margin 1em, right 2em, bottom 3em, left 4em */
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Border-Bottom
Padding-Top Sets the width, style, and color of an element's bottom border.
Describes the amount of space between the top border and P { border-bottom: 10px, red, double; }

the content of the selector.
P { padding-top: 20%; } Border-Left
Sets the width, style, and color of an element's left border.
Padding-Right P { border-left: 10px, red, double; }
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the content of the selector. Border
P { padding-right: 20 px; } Sets the width, style, and color of an element's border.
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P { border: 10px, red, double; }

Padding-Bottom
Describes the amount of space between the bottom border Width
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P { padding-bottom: 5 em; } specified as a length, a percentage, or as auto.

P { width: 15px; }
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Padding-Left H1 { width: 35%; }

Describes the amount of space between the left border and .foo { width: auto; }
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P { padding-left: 15 pt; }
Each block-level or replaced element can be given a height,
Padding specified as a length or as auto.
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Shorthand for the padding-top, padding-right, padding-bottom, P { height: 15px; }

H1 { height: 35%; }
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.foo { height: auto; }
BLOCKQUOTE { padding: 2em 4em 5em 4em; }
Float
Border-Top-Width
Allows text to wrap around an element (left, right, none).
Used to specify the width of an element's top border.
P { float: left; }
P { border-top: 20%; }
H1 { float: right; }
.foo { float: none; }
Border-Right-Width
Used to specify the width of an element's right border.
Clear
P { border-right: 20%; }
Specifies whether an element allows floating elements to its
sides (left, right, none).
Border-Bottom-Width
P { clear: left; }
Used to specify the width of an element's bottom border. H1 { clear: right; }
P { border-bottom: 20%; } .foo { clear: none; }