Building Next Generation Websites Session6

FORMATTING USING STYLE
SHEETS(CSS) SESSION 6
Aptech Computer Education
Presented by Muhammad Ehtisham Siddiqui (BSCS)
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Objectives
 List and explain text and font styles
 Describe inline spans
 Explain paragraph indentation and application
of border
 Explain horizontal paragraph alignment
 Explain vertical spacing within a paragraph
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Introduction of Text and Font styles
Presented by Muhammad Ehtisham Siddiqui
(BSCS)
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 The text properties specify and control the appearance of the text in
a Web page
 A user can change the color of a text, increase or decrease the
space between characters, align a text, and so on using the text
properties.
 Following table lists different text properties.Property Description
color It is used to specify the color of text.
Text-align It is used in specifying the horizontal alignment of text in an
element.
text-decoration It is used for specifying the decoration of the text in an
element.
text-indent It is used for specifying the indentation of first line of text in an
element in length or %.
text-transform It is used in specifying the casing of text in an element.
word-spacing It is used for increasing or decreasing the space between

Introduction of Font styles
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 The font properties allow you to specify the font for the text and
change the different font attributes of the text such as font, size, and
style of the text.
 Following table lists the different font properties.
Property Description
Font-family It is used for specifying the font and can specify a generic
family or a specific family name such as “Serif” or “Times New
Roman”.
font-size It is used for specifying the size of the font and can have an
absolute or relative value.
font-style It is used for specifying the style of the font.
font-variant It is used for specifying whether the text should be displayed in
small-caps

Text Styles
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 The different text styles such as text-align, text-indent, and
texttransform provide different values that allow specifying the
alignment, indentation, and casing of text in an element.
 The text-align property allows the text to be centered, or left or right
aligned, or justified.
 Following table lists the values of text-align property.
Value Description
left It is used for aligning the text to the left of the Web page
right It is used for aligning the text to the right of the Web page
center It is used for aligning the text in the middle of the Web page
justify It is used for justifying the text on both sides of the Web page

Text Styles
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 The text-indent property is used for specifying the indentation of the text.
 Following table lists the values of text-indent property.
 The text-transform property is for changing the case of letters in a text.
 Following table lists the values of text-transform property.
Value Description
length It is used in specifying fixed indentation and the default value is 0
% It is used to specify an indentation as a percentage of the width of
the parent element which the selector element is defined.
Value Description
length It is used in specifying fixed indentation and the default value is 0
% It is used to specify an indentation as a percentage of the width of
the parent element which the selector element is defined.

Text Styles
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 Following figure shows DIV element HTML code.

Text Styles
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 CSS Code
 Following figure displays a CSS code that specifies the text styles for the
DIV element.
 The text-align property is set to left, which will align the text towards the left.
 The text-indent property is set to 2em, which will indent the text with respect
to the font size.
 The text-transform property is set to uppercase, which will display all the
letters in uppercase.

Text Styles
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 Following table lists the values assigned to the text-decoration property.
 Following table lists the values assigned to the word-spacing property.
Value Description
None It is used for displaying normal text without any formatting.
Underline It is used for displaying a line under the text.
blink It is used for flashing the text.
Overline It is used for displaying a line over the text.
line-through It is used for displaying a line through the text.
Value Description
normal It is used in specifying normal spacing between words and it
is the default value.
length It is used in specifying fixed space between words.

Text Styles
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 The text specified in the DIV element is aligned towards the left and all the
letters are displayed in uppercase.
 Following figure shows the output
 The text-decoration and word-spacing properties provides different
values that allow the user to specify the decoration and word spacing of
text in an element.

Text Styles
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 Following table lists the values assigned to the text-decoration property.
 The text-decoration and word-spacing properties provides different
values that allow the user to specify the decoration and word spacing of
text in an element.
Value Description
None It is used for displaying normal text without any formatting.
Underline It is used for displaying a line under the text.
Overline It is used for displaying a line over the text.
Line-through It is used for displaying a line through the text.
Blink It is used for flashing a text.
Value Description
Normal It is used in specifying normal spacing between words and it is the default
value.
length It is used in specifying fixed space between words

Text Styles
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 Following figure shows the header and paragraph HTML code.

Text Styles
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 Following figure displays a CSS code that specifies the text
properties for the BODY and H3 elements.
 The word-spacing property is set to 2px for the BODY element.
 The text-decoration property is set to underline for the H3 element
 Following figure shows the header and paragraph HTML code.
 The header is underlined and each word in the header and the
paragraph is displayed by leaving a distance of two pixels between
them.

Inline Span
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 The tag groups inline-elements in a document.
 For example, if one word in a sentence needs to be bold or colored
without using the tag then a tag is used which can be
present within an existing tag.
 The Code Snippet demonstrates CSS inline style for tag.
My mother has light blue
 eyes. 
Or
light blue
 The Code Snippet demonstrates CSS external style for tag.
.eyesonly {font-color: lightblue}
 The span tag has different attributes; it supports JavaScript event
attributes also.

Inline Span
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 Following table lists different attributes and values used in 
tag.
Attribute Value Description
class classname It is used in specifying the text direction for the content in an
element.
dir Rtl, ltr It is used in specifying the text direction for the content in an
element.
id id It is used in specifying a unique id for an element.
Lang language
code
It is used in specifying a language code for the content in an
element.
style style definition It is used in specifying an inline style for an element.
title text It is used in specifying extra information about an
element.
xml: lang language
code
It is used in specifying a language code for the content
in an element, in XHTML documents.

Indenting Paragraph
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 Indenting is the process of setting off the text from its normal
position, either to the left or to the right.
 In paragraph style, there are three types of indentation:
 First line indent
 The text–indent property is used in the CSS for indenting the first line of a
paragraph.
 The Code Snippet demonstrates inline style for tag and an internal CSS
code for first line indent.
Inline style

Internal CSS
p {text-indent: 50px}

Indenting Paragraph
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 The Code Snippet demonstrates the use of the text–indent property in
the HTML file.
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<title>Font Gallery</title>
<style>
p {text-indent: 150px}
</style>
</head>
<body>
 The font styles properties allow you to specify the font for the text. They allow you to change
the different font attributes of the text such as font, size, and style of the text. The browser must
support the font specified by the font properties. Otherwise, it will display the default font, which is
dependent on the browser. 
</body>
</html>

Indenting Paragraph
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 Padding
 The padding property is used to add a specified amount of space between the
border of an element and its contents.
 The Code Snippet demonstrates inline style for tag and an internal CSS
code for padding property.
 Inline style

 Internal CSS
p {padding: 20px}

Indenting Paragraph
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 The Code Snippet demonstrates the use of the text–indent property in
the html file.
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<title>Font Gallery</title>
<style>
p {padding: 20px }
</style>
</head>
<body>

The font styles properties allow you to specify the font for the text. They allow you to change the
different font attributes of the text such as font, size, and style of the text. The browser must
support the font specified by the font properties. Otherwise, it will display the default font, which
is dependent on the browser.

</body>
</html>

Indenting Paragraph
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 Margin
 The margin property is used to add a specified amount of white space around an
element, on the outside of the element.
 Following code snippet demonstrates inline style for tag and an internal CSS code
for margin property.
 Inline style

 Internal CSS
p {margin: 20px}
 Following figure shows the output of margin property.

Border Style
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 Borders are rectangular outlines that surround an element.
 Borders present around text and an image emphasize the content
inside the text box.
 CSS border properties specify the style, color, and width of the
border.
border-left-style It sets an element’s left border.
border-right-style It sets an element’s right border.
border-top-style It sets an element’s top border.
border-bottom-
style
It sets an element’s bottom border.

Border Style
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 Following table lists the values of the border-style properties.
Value Description
Dashed It is used for specifying a dashed border.
Dotted It is used for specifying a dotted border.
Double It is used for specifying two borders.
groove It sets an element’s bottom border.
Inset It is used for specifying a 3D inset border.
outset It is used for specifying a 3D outset border
ridge It is used for specifying a ridged border
solid It is used for specifying a solid border.

Border Style
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 Following figure shows an HTML code.
 Following figure shows CSS code of border style.

Border Style
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 To make the code concise CSS allows certain shorthand properties to reduce
the length of the code.
 The shorthand property for setting the border is border-style.
 Following figure shows Sample HTML Code.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html><head>
<style>
p.one {border-style: dotted solid dashed double;}
p.two {border-style: dotted solid dashed;}
p.three {border-style: dotted solid;}
p.four {border-style: dotted;}
</style></head><body>
This is some text in a paragraph.
This is some text in a paragraph.
This is some text in a paragraph.
This is some text in a paragraph.
</body>
</html>

Border Color
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 The border-color property in CSS applies colors to all the four
borders.
 One can also apply four different colors to four borders.
 There are other border color properties that allow a user to
individually specify colors of the left, right, top, or bottom border.
 Following table lists the different border color properties.
border-bottom-color It is used to specify the color for the bottom border.
border-left-color It is used to specify the color for the left border.
border-right-color It is used to specify the color for the right border.
border-top-color It is used to specify the color for the top border.

Border Color
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 Following figure shows an HTML code with properties.

Border Width
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 The border-width property sets the width of an element's four borders.
This property can have from one to four values.
 Following table shows different width properties
Value Description
medium Specifies a medium border. This is default
thin Specifies a thin border
thick Specifies a thick border
length Allows you to define the thickness of the border
initial Sets this property to its default value
inherit Inherits this property from its parent element.

Border Width
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https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/tryit.asp?filename=trycss_border-width6

Shorthand Border
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 The border shorthand property in CSS specifies all the properties such
as style, width, and color for all the four borders.
 It allows the user to specify the different properties in just one
declaration.
 One can also set these properties individually by using the different
shorthand border properties.
 Following table lists the different shorthand border properties.Property Description
border-bottom It is used to specify the width, style, and color of the bottom border
border-left It is used to specify the width, style, and color of the left border.
border-right It is used to specify the width, style, and color of the right border.
border-top It is used to specify the width, style, and color of the top border.

Shorthand Border
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 The border property is a shorthand property for the following individual
border properties:
 border-width
 border-style (required)
 border-color
https://www.w3schools.com/css/tryit.asp?filename=trycss_border

Horizontal Alignment
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 In CSS, text-align property is used for horizontal alignment of text
in an element.
 This property aligns the inline content of a block.
 Following table lists all values of text-align property
Value Description
Left Aligns the text to the left.
Right Aligns the text to the right.
Center Centers the text.
justify Aligns text to both left and right margins by adding space between
words (like in newspapers and magazines).
inherit Specifies that the value of the text-align property should be
inherited from the parent element.

Horizontal Alignment
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 The text-align property applies only to block-level
elements, such as paragraphs
 Hence, text-align cannot change the alignment of a
single word without changing the alignment of the entire
line.
 For Western languages, which are read from left to right,
the default value of text-align is left.
 The text aligns on the left margin and has a ragged right
margin.
 Languages such as Hebrew and Arabic has default align
to right since they are read from right to left.

Vertical Alignment
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 In CSS line-height property is used for vertical alignment of text in
an element.
 This property is also a component of the ‘font’ shorthand property.
 It can be applied on block-level elements, table cells, table caption,
and so on.
Value Description
Normal A normal line height. This is default.
Number A number that will be multiplied with the current font size to set the line
height.
Length A fixed line height in px, pt, cm, and so on.
% A line height in percent of the current font size.
Inherit Specifies that the value of the line-height property should be inherited
from the parent element.

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