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CSS Text (Cont.)


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. For example,
   a { text-decoration:none; }
It can also be used to decorate text. For example,
   h1 { text-decoration:overline; }
   h2 { text-decoration:line-through; }
   h3 { text-decoration:underline; }
   h4 { text-decoration:blink; }

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. For example,
   p.uppercase  { text-transform:uppercase; }
   p.lowercase  { text-transform:lowercase; }
   p.capitalize { text-transform:capitalize; }

All CSS Text Properties
The number in the “CSS” column indicates in which CSS version the property is defined (CSS1 or CSS2).

Property Description Values CSS
color Sets the color of a text. color 1
direction Sets the text direction. ltr
rtl
2
line-height Sets the distance between lines. normal
number
length
%
1
letter-spacing Increases or decreases the space between characters. normal
length
1
text-align Aligns the text in an element. left
right
center
justify
1
text-decoration Adds decoration to text. none
underline
overline
line-through
blink
1
text-indent Indents the first line of text in an element. length
%
1
text-shadow   none
color
length
 
text-transform Controls the letters in an element. none
capitalize
uppercase
lowercase
1
unicode-bidi   normal
embed
bidi-override
2
vertical-align Sets the vertical alignment of an element. baseline
sub
super
top
text-top
middle
bottom
text-bottom
length
%
1
white-space Sets how white space inside an element is handled. normal
pre
nowrap
1
word-spacing Increases or decreases the space between words. normal
length
1


Demonstration
The following demonstration shows how the script of HTML and CSS is displayed on the Web: