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Th is t e xt is s t yle d w it h s o me o f t h e t e xt fo rma t t in g p ro p e rt ie s . Th e h e a d in g u s e s t h e t e xt -a lig n , t e xt -t ra n s fo rm, a n d co lo r p ro p e rt ie s . Th e p a ra g ra p h is ind e nte d , a lig ne d , a nd the s p a ce b e tw e e n cha ra cte rs is s p e cifie d . Th e u n d e rlin e is re mo ve d fro m t h e " Try it yo u rs e lf" lin k.

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The color property is used to set the color of the text. With CSS, a color is most often specified by: a HEX value - like "#ff0000" an RGB value - like "rgb(255,0,0)" a color name - like "red" Look at CSS Color Values for a complete list of possible color values. The default color for a page is defined in the body selector.

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b o d y{ c o l o r : b l u e ; } h 1{ c o l o r : # 0 0 f f 0 0 ; } h 2{ c o l o r : r g b ( 2 5 5 , 0 , 0 ) ; }
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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).

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h 1{ t e x t a l i g n : c e n t e r ; } p . d a t e{ t e x t a l i g n : r i g h t ; } p . m a i n{ t e x t a l i g n : j u s t i f y ; }
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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:

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a{ t e x t d e c o r a t i o n : n o n e ; }
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h 1{ t e x t d e c o r a t i o n : o v e r l i n e ; } h 2{ t e x t d e c o r a t i o n : l i n e t h r o u g h ; } h 3{ t e x t d e c o r a t i o n : u n d e r l i n e ; }
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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.

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p . u p p e r c a s e{ t e x t t r a n s f o r m : u p p e r c a s e ; } p . l o w e r c a s e{ t e x t t r a n s f o r m : l o w e r c a s e ; } p . c a p i t a l i z e{ t e x t t r a n s f o r m : c a p i t a l i z e ; }
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Text Indentation
The text-indent property is used to specify the indentation of the first line of a text.

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p{ t e x t i n d e n t : 5 0 p x ; }
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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

Property color direction letter-spacing line-height text-align text-decoration text-indent text-shadow text-transform unicode-bidi vertical-align white-space word-spacing Sets the vertical alignment of an element Specifies how white-space inside an element is handled Increases or decreases the space between words in a text Description Sets the color of text Specifies the text direction/writing direction Increases or decreases the space between characters in a text Sets the line height Specifies the horizontal alignment of text Specifies the decoration added to text Specifies the indentation of the first line in a text-block Specifies the shadow effect added to text Controls the capitalization of text

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