CSS Text Properties

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Color

				
					color: value;

Letter Spacing

You can adjust the space between letters in the following manner.
Setting the value to 0, prevents the text from justifying. You can use
negative values.

				
					 letter-spacing: value;

Example:
T h e s e l e t t e r s a r e spaced at 5px.

Text Align

You can align text with the following:

				
					 text-align: left or right or center;

Text Decoration

You can decorate text with the following:

				
					 text-align: left or right or center;

Possible values are

none
underline
overline
line through

Examples:
This text is underlined.
This text is overlined.
~~This text has a line through it~~

Text Transform

You can control the size of letters in an (X)HTML element with the
following:

				
					 text-transform: value;

Possible values are
none
capitalize
lowercase

Word Spacing

You can adjust the space between words in the following manner. You
can use negative values.

				
					 word-spacing: value;

Possible values are
normal
length