Text Properties and Values

Below are style properties and values for text. (I've included here only properties now supported by Internet Explorer and Netscape -- I'll add others when they are supported)

Commonly Used Properties and Values for Cascading Style Sheets

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Supported in Internet Explorer 3.x Supported in Internet Explorer 4.x Supported in Netscape 4.x	pt = points in = inches cm = centimeters px = pixels em = height of element's font (the em unit is not yet widely supported and should be used with caution)

	Property	Description	Values	Example
Text Properties
	line-height (inherited)	Sets the distance between baselines of text	size (pt, in, cm, px, em) percentage (%) of font-size	{ line-height: 18pt } { line-height: 120% }
	text-decoration (not inherited)	Underlines or otherwise highlights text	none underline overline line-through	{ text-decoration: underline }
	text-align (inherited)	Sets alignment of text to the left or right margin, or to the center of the page	left center right	{ text-align: right }
	text-indent (inherited)	Sets distance from left margin	size (pt, in, cm, px)	{ text-indent: 0.5in }
	vertical-align (not inherited)	aligns text vertically within the element	baseline sub super top text-top middle bottom text-bottom percentage of line-height from baseline (%)	{ vertical-align: super }
	text-transform (inherited)	Sets case rules for text	capitalize (capitalizes first letter of each word) uppercase lowercase	{ text-transform: capitalize }
	letter-spacing (inherited)	sets letter-spacing for text (support expected in IE 4.0 final release)	normal, size (pt, in, cm, px, em)	{ letter-spacing: 2pt }