CSS Text Spacing
Text Spacing
In this chapter you will learn about the following properties:
text-indent
letter-spacing
line-height
word-spacing
white-space
Text Indentation
The text-indent property is used to specify the indentation of the first line of a text:
Example
p { text-indent: 50px;}
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Letter Spacing
The letter-spacing property is used to specify the space between the characters in a text.
The following example demonstrates how to increase or decrease the space between characters:
Example
h1 { letter-spacing: 5px;}h2 { letter-spacing: -2px;}
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Line Height
The line-height property is used to specify the space between lines:
Example
p.small { line-height: 0.8;}p.big {
line-height: 1.8;}
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Word Spacing
The word-spacing property is used to specify the space between
the words in a text.
The following example demonstrates how to increase or decrease the space between
words:
Example
p.one { word-spacing: 10px;}p.two { word-spacing: -2px;}
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White Space
The white-space property specifies how white-space inside an element is handled.
This example demonstrates how to disable text wrapping inside an element:
Example
p { white-space: nowrap;}
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The CSS Text Spacing Properties
Property
Description
letter-spacing
Specifies the space between characters in a text
line-height
Specifies the line height
text-indent
Specifies the indentation of the first line in a text-block
white-space
Specifies how to handle white-space inside an element
word-spacing
Specifies the space between words in a text
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Reference: https://www.w3schools.com/css/css_text_spacing.asp