HTML Styles

HTML Styles

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The HTML Style Attribute

Setting the style of an HTML element, can be done with the style attribute.

The HTML style attribute has the following syntax:

style="property:value;"

The property is a CSS property. The value is a CSS value.

Note: You will learn more about CSS later in this tutorial.

The background-color property defines the background color for an HTML element:

HTML Background Color

This example sets the background for a page to light grey:

Example

<body style="background-color:lightgrey;">

<h1>This is a heading</h1>
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>

</body>

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HTML Text Color

The color property defines the text color for an HTML element:

Example

<h1 style="color:blue;">This is a heading</h1>
<p style="color:red;">This is a paragraph.</p>

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HTML Fonts

The font-family property defines the font to be used for an HTML element:

Example

<h1 style="font-family:verdana;">This is a heading</h1>
<p style="font-family:courier;">This is a paragraph.</p>

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HTML Text Size

The font-size property defines the text size for an HTML element:

Example

<h1 style="font-size:300%;">This is a heading</h1>
<p style="font-size:160%;">This is a paragraph.</p>

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HTML Text Alignment

The text-align property defines the horizontal text alignment for an HTML element:

Example

<h1 style="text-align:center;">Centered Heading</h1>
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>

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Chapter Summary

• Use the style attribute for styling HTML elements
• Use background-color for background color
• Use color for text colors
• Use font-family for text fonts
• Use font-size for text sizes
• Use text-align for text alignment

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