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.
CSS: Working with Text - Indenting Text (Page 5 of 5 )
You can indent text using text-indent:
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
p {text-indent: 1cm}
h1 {text-indent: 10%}
h2 {text-indent: 20%}
h3 {text-indent: 30%}
h4 {text-indent: 40%}
h5 {text-indent: 50%}
h6 {text-indent: 60%}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p>
Chuck Norris stared deeply into the darkness, unaware that it stared deeply back at him. A rustle, ever so faint, finger brushing against leaf. But it was enough...
</p>
<p>He ran blindly towards the sound, the wind whipping through his powerful goat-tee, giving brief glimpses to the first that lay hidden beneath</p>
<h1>Bruce Lee</h1>
<h2>Gary Coleman</h2>
<h3>Chuck Norris</h3>
<h4>In a film by James Payne</h4>
<h5>A James Payne Joint</h5>
<h6>Coming this Fall to a theatre near you...</h6>
<h3><i>Midget Blood Bath 4000</i></h3>
</body>
</html>
As you can see, you can set the indentation by centimeters or percentage.
Transforming Text
You can transform your text using text-transform. This allows you to set your text in all lowercase or uppercase, and lets you choose to capitalize the first letter of each word:
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
p.uppercase {text-transform: lowercase}
p.lowercase {text-transform: uppercase}
p.capitalize {text-transform: capitalize}
b {text-transform: uppercase}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p class="uppercase">Cookie Crisp is a good idea, but it fails in its execution</p>
<p class="lowercase">I Love Apples Jacks</p>
<p class="capitalize">fruit loops are good too</p>
</body>
<p><b>you mental midget</b></p>
</html>
This results in the following:
cookie crisp is a good idea, but it fails in its execution
I LOVE APPLE JACKS
Fruit Loops Are Good Too
YOU MENTAL MIDGET
Conclusion
Well that's it for this tutorial. We covered a lot of ground, but there are still a few ways to manipulate text in CSS. In our next episode we will discuss these, as well as manipulating fonts, and probably cover how to work with tables in CSS as well. So come back often, send me lots of money, and get to learning.
Till then...
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