Text Attributes

A number of style attributes also are available to use with text, and you can see a sample of them in Table 21.7.

Table 21.7. Text Style Attributes

Attribute	NS2	NS3	NS4	NS6	IE3a	IE3b	IE4	IE5	IE5.5	IE6
letter-spacing				x			x	x	x	x
	CSS1: normal <length>
	CSS2: inherit
	Default: normal
	Applies to: All elements
	This property enables you to set the spacing between text characters .
line-height			x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
	CSS1: normal <number> <length> <percentage>
	CSS2: inherit
	Default: normal
	Applies to: All elements
	Gives the minimum height of an element's box.
text-align			x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
	CSS1: left right center justify
	CSS2: <string> inherit
	Default:Varies
	Applies to: Block-level elements
	Sets alignment for the content of a block: left, right, center, or justify. CSS2 enables you to specify a string to align the text with respect to.
text-decoration			x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
	CSS1: none [ underline overline line-through blink ]
	CSS2: inherit
	Default: none
	Applies to: All elements
	Gives the "decorations" for the text in an element, such as underlining, overlining, and line-through (also called strike-through).
text-indent			x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
	CSS1: <length> <percentage>
	CSS2: inherit
	Default:
	Applies to: Block-level elements
	Specifies the indentation of the first line of text in a block element.
text-shadow								x	x	x
	CSS2: none [< color > <length> <length> <length>? ,]* [<color> <length> <length> <length>?] inherit
	Default: none
	Applies to: All elements
	Inherited: No
	Enables you to give a comma-separated list of shadow effects to apply to text in the element.
vertical-align				x			x	x	x	x
	CSS1: baseline sub super top text-top middle bottom text-bottom <percentage> <length>
	CSS2: inherit
	Default: baseline
	Applies to: Inline-level and table- cell elements
	Indicates the vertical position of text in an element.
white-space			x	x						x
	CSS1: normal pre nowrap
	CSS2: inherit
	Default: normal
	Applies to: Block-level elements
	Indicates how whitespace in an element displays.