CSS - Text

This chapter teaches you how to manipulate text using CSS properties. You can set following text properties of an element −
The color property is used to set the color of a text.
The color property is used to set the color of a text.
The direction property is used to set the text direction.
The direction property is used to set the text direction.
The letter-spacing property is used to add or subtract space between the letters that make up a word.
The letter-spacing property is used to add or subtract space between the letters that make up a word.
The word-spacing property is used to add or subtract space between the words of a sentence.
The word-spacing property is used to add or subtract space between the words of a sentence.
The text-indent property is used to indent the text of a paragraph.
The text-indent property is used to indent the text of a paragraph.
The text-align property is used to align the text of a document.
The text-align property is used to align the text of a document.
The text-decoration property is used to underline, overline, and strikethrough text.
The text-decoration property is used to underline, overline, and strikethrough text.
The text-transform property is used to capitalize text or convert text to uppercase or lowercase letters.
The text-transform property is used to capitalize text or convert text to uppercase or lowercase letters.
The white-space property is used to control the flow and formatting of text.
The white-space property is used to control the flow and formatting of text.
The text-shadow property is used to set the text shadow around a text.
The text-shadow property is used to set the text shadow around a text.
The following example demonstrates how to set the text color. Possible value could be any color name in any valid format.
<html>
   <head>
   </head>

   <body>
      <p style = "color:red;">
         This text will be written in red.
      </p>
   </body>
</html>
It will produce the following result −

   This text will be written in red.

The following example demonstrates how to set the direction of a text. Possible values are ltr or rtl.
<html>
   <head>
   </head>

   <body>
      <p style = "direction:rtl;">
         This text will be rendered from right to left
      </p>
   </body>
</html>
It will produce the following result −

   This text will be renedered from right to left

The following example demonstrates how to set the space between characters. Possible values are normal or a number specifying space..
<html>
   <head>
   </head>

   <body>
      <p style = "letter-spacing:5px;">
         This text is having space between letters.
      </p>
   </body>
</html>
It will produce the following result −

   This text is having space between letters.

The following example demonstrates how to set the space between words. Possible values are normal or a number specifying space.
<html>
   <head>
   </head>

   <body>
      <p style = "word-spacing:5px;">
         This text is having space between words.
      </p>
   </body>
</html> 
This will produce following result −

   This text is having space between words.

The following example demonstrates how to indent the first line of a paragraph. Possible values are % or  a number specifying indent space.
<html>
   <head>
   </head>

   <body>
      <p style = "text-indent:1cm;">
         This text will have first line indented by 1cm and this line will remain at 
         its actual position this is done by CSS text-indent property.
      </p>
   </body>
</html>
It will produce the following result −

   This text will have first line indented by 1cm and this line will remain at its actual position this is done by CSS text-indent property.

The following example demonstrates how to align a text. Possible values are left, right, center, justify.
<html>
   <head>
   </head>

   <body>
      <p style = "text-align:right;">
         This will be right aligned.
      </p>
      
      <p style = "text-align:center;">
         This will be center aligned.
      </p>
      
      <p style = "text-align:left;">
         This will be left aligned.
      </p>
   </body>
</html> 
This will produce following result −

   This will be right aligned.


   This will be center aligned.


   This will be left aligned.

The following example demonstrates how to decorate a text. Possible values are none, underline, overline, line-through, blink.
<html>
   <head>
   </head>

   <body>
      <p style = "text-decoration:underline;">
         This will be underlined
      </p>
      
      <p style = "text-decoration:line-through;">
         This will be striked through.
      </p>
      
      <p style = "text-decoration:overline;">
         This will have a over line.
      </p>
      
      <p style = "text-decoration:blink;">
         This text will have blinking effect
      </p>
   </body>
</html> 
This will produce following result −

   This will be underlined


   This will be striked through.


   This will have a over line.


   This text will have blinking effect

The following example demonstrates how to set the cases for a text. Possible values are none, capitalize, uppercase, lowercase.
<html>
   <head>
   </head>

   <body>
      <p style = "text-transform:capitalize;">
         This will be capitalized
      </p>
      
      <p style = "text-transform:uppercase;">
         This will be in uppercase
      </p>
      
      <p style = "text-transform:lowercase;">
         This will be in lowercase
      </p>
   </body>
</html> 
This will produce following result −

   This will be capitalized


   This will be in uppercase


   This will be in lowercase

The following example demonstrates how white space inside an element is handled. Possible values are normal, pre, nowrap.
<html>
   <head>
   </head>

   <body>
      <p style = "white-space:pre;">
         This text has a line break and the white-space pre setting 
         tells the browser to honor it just like the HTML pre tag.
      </p>
   </body>
</html> 
This will produce following result −

   This text has a line break and the white-space pre setting tells the browser to honor
   it just like the HTML pre tag.
The following example demonstrates how to set the shadow around a text. This may not be supported by all the browsers.
<html>
   <head>
   </head>

   <body>
      <p style = "text-shadow:4px 4px 8px blue;">
         If your browser supports the CSS text-shadow property, 
         this text will have a  blue shadow.
      </p>
   </body>
</html> 
It will produce the following result −

   If your browser supports the CSS text-shadow property, this text will have a blue shadow.


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