| Attribute | NS2 | NS3 | NS4 | NS6 | IE3a | IE3b | IE4 | IE5 | IE5.5 | IE6 |
| letter-spacing | | | | x | | | x | x | x | x |
| | CSS1: normal <length> |
| | CSS2: inherit |
| | Default: normal |
| | Applies to: All elements |
| | This property enables you to set the spacing between text characters . |
| line-height | | | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| | CSS1: normal <number> <length> <percentage> |
| | CSS2: inherit |
| | Default: normal |
| | Applies to: All elements |
| | Gives the minimum height of an element's box. |
| text-align | | | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| | CSS1: left right center justify |
| | CSS2: <string> inherit |
| | Default:Varies |
| | Applies to: Block-level elements |
| | Sets alignment for the content of a block: left, right, center, or justify. CSS2 enables you to specify a string to align the text with respect to. |
| text-decoration | | | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| | CSS1: none [ underline overline line-through blink ] |
| | CSS2: inherit |
| | Default: none |
| | Applies to: All elements |
| | Gives the "decorations" for the text in an element, such as underlining, overlining, and line-through (also called strike-through). |
| text-indent | | | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| | CSS1: <length> <percentage> |
| | CSS2: inherit |
| | Default: |
| | Applies to: Block-level elements |
| | Specifies the indentation of the first line of text in a block element. |
| text-shadow | | | | | | | | x | x | x |
| | CSS2: none [< color > <length> <length> <length>? ,]* [<color> <length> <length> <length>?] inherit |
| | Default: none |
| | Applies to: All elements |
| | Inherited: No |
| | Enables you to give a comma-separated list of shadow effects to apply to text in the element. |
| vertical-align | | | | x | | | x | x | x | x |
| | CSS1: baseline sub super top text-top middle bottom text-bottom <percentage> <length> |
| | CSS2: inherit |
| | Default: baseline |
| | Applies to: Inline-level and table- cell elements |
| | Indicates the vertical position of text in an element. |
| white-space | | | x | x | | | | | | x |
| | CSS1: normal pre nowrap |
| | CSS2: inherit |
| | Default: normal |
| | Applies to: Block-level elements |
| | Indicates how whitespace in an element displays. |