Text Properties

The following properties affect the visual presentation of characters, spaces, words, and paragraphs.

letter-spacing

Usage	Specifies the spacing behavior between text characters.
CSS1 Values	normal | <length>
CSS2 Values	inherit
Initial	normal
Applies to	All elements.
Inherited	Yes.

line-height

Usage	Specifies the minimal height of each inline box.
CSS1 Values	normal | number | <length> | <percentage>
CSS2 Values	inherit
Initial	normal
Applies	to All elements.
Inherited	Yes.

text-align

Usage	Describes how a block of text is aligned.
CSS1 Values	left | right | center | justify
CSS2 Values	<string> | inherit
Initial	Depends on browser and writing direction.
Applies to	Block-level elements.
Inherited	Yes.

text-decoration

Usage	Describes decorations that are added to the text of an element.
CSS1 Values	none | underline | overline | line-through | blink
CSS2 Values	inherit
Initial	none
Applies to	All elements.
Inherited	No.

text-indent

Usage	Specifies the indentation of the first line of text in a block.
CSS1 Values	<length> | <percentage>
CSS2 Values	inherit
Initial	0
Applies to	Block-level elements.
Inherited	Yes.

text-shadow

Usage	Accepts a comma-separated list of shadow effects to be applied to the text of an element.
CSS2 Values	none | <color> | <length> | inherit
Initial	none
Applies to	All elements.
Inherited	No.
Notes	You also can use text shadows with :first-letter and :first-line pseudo-elements.

text-transform

Usage	Controls the capitalization of an element's text.
CSS1 Values	capitalize | uppercase | lowercase | none
CSS2 Values	inherit
Initial	none
Applies to	All elements.
Inherited	Yes.

vertical-align

Usage	Affects the vertical positioning of the boxes generated by an inline-level element.
Values	baseline | sub | super | top | texttop | middle | bottom | text-bottom | sub | <percentage>
CSS2 Values	inherit
Initial	baseline
Applies to	Inline-level and table-cell elements.
Inherited	No.

white-space

Usage	Specifies how white space inside the element is handled.
CSS1 Values	normal | pre | nowrap
CSS2 Values	inherit
Initial	normal
Applies to	Block-level elements.
Inherited	Yes.

word-spacing

Usage	Specifies the spacing behavior between words.
Values	normal | <length>
CSS2 Values	inherit
Initial	normal
Applies to	All elements.
Inherited	Yes.