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Properties

Web Design in a Nutshell, eMatter Edition

font


Values:
font-style|font-variant|font-weight|font-size|
line-height|font-family


Examples:
EM { font: 12pt Times, serif }
H1 { font: oblique bolder 18pt Helvetica, sans-serif }


Applies to:
All elements


Inherited:
Yes
Thefontproperty is a shorthand property for specifying all the available font
controls in a single rule. Values should be separated by character spaces. The
fontproperty must contain a size attribute before the font name. In this
property, the order of the enclosed values is important (although not every
value needs to be present) and must be listed as follows:
{ font: weight style variant size/line-height font-name(s) }


color


Values:
color name|RGB color value


Examples:
BLOCKQUOTE { color: navy }
H1 { color: #666633 }


Applies to:
Block-level elements


Inherited:
Yes
This property is used to describe the text (a.k.a. “foreground”) color of an
element. For an explanation of specifying color values, see the “Color Values”
section earlier in this chapter.


line-height


Values:
normal|number|length|percentage


Example:
P { line-height: 1.2 }
P { line-height: 1.2em }
P { line-height: 120% }

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