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CSS: Working with Text


In our last article we left off discussing backgrounds in CSS. We also briefly touched upon working with text, with a promise that I would continue the discussion here. Text is still one of the most important parts of a website, so be prepared to get down to some serious work.

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By: James Payne
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March 10, 2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
  1. · CSS: Working with Text
  2. · How to Set the Background Color of Text or Highlight the Text
  3. · You Seem So Distant
  4. · How To Align Your Text
  5. · Indenting Text

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CSS: Working with Text - How To Align Your Text
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Just as you can align your text in a Word document, so too can you align your text in CSS. Here is an example showing just how to do so:

<html>

<head>

<style type="text/css">

h1 {text-align: left}

h2 {text-align: center}

h3 {text-align: right}

</style>

</head>

<body>

<h1>Chewbacca</h1>

<h2>Did It All</h2>

<h3>For the Wookie</h3>

</body>

</html>

The spectacular result:

Chewbacca

Did It All

For the Wookie

Decorating Your Text for the Holiday

You can add decoration to your text, such as underlining, over-lining, and strike-through with this code:

<html>

<head>

<style type="text/css">

h1 {text-decoration: underline }

h2 {text-decoration: overline}

h3 {text-decoration: line-through}

a {text-decoration: none}

</style>

</head>

<body>

<h1>Look at me I'm underlined! YIPPEE!</h1>

<h2>Oh yeah?!? We'll I'm overlined baby.</h2>

<h3>Meh. I'm on strike.</h3>

<p><a href="http://www.devshed.com">This is where I work</a></p>

</body>

</html>

You can also apply more than one decoration to a text like so:

<html>

<head>

<style type="text/css">

h1 {text-decoration: underline overline; text-align: center}

h2 {text-decoration: overline underline line-through}

h3 {text-decoration: line-through}

a {text-decoration: none}

</style>

</head>

<body>

<h1>Welcome Aboard!</h1>

<h2>oooooooooooooooooo</h2>

<h3>Meh. I'm on strike.</h3>

<p><a href="http://www.devshed.com">This is where I work</a></p>

</body>

</html>


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