| The following properties affect the visual presentation of characters, spaces, words, and paragraphs. letter-spacing Usage | Specifies the spacing behavior between text characters. | CSS1 Values | normal | <length> | CSS2 Values | inherit | Initial | normal | Applies to | All elements. | Inherited | Yes. |
line-height Usage | Specifies the minimal height of each inline box. | CSS1 Values | normal | number | <length> | <percentage> | CSS2 Values | inherit | Initial | normal | Applies | to All elements. | Inherited | Yes. |
text-align Usage | Describes how a block of text is aligned. | CSS1 Values | left | right | center | justify | CSS2 Values | <string> | inherit | Initial | Depends on browser and writing direction. | Applies to | Block-level elements. | Inherited | Yes. |
text-decoration Usage | Describes decorations that are added to the text of an element. | CSS1 Values | none | underline | overline | line-through | blink | CSS2 Values | inherit | Initial | none | Applies to | All elements. | Inherited | No. |
text-indent Usage | Specifies the indentation of the first line of text in a block. | CSS1 Values | <length> | <percentage> | CSS2 Values | inherit | Initial | 0 | Applies to | Block-level elements. | Inherited | Yes. |
text-shadow Usage | Accepts a comma-separated list of shadow effects to be applied to the text of an element. | CSS2 Values | none | <color> | <length> | inherit | Initial | none | Applies to | All elements. | Inherited | No. | Notes | You also can use text shadows with :first-letter and :first-line pseudo-elements. |
text-transform Usage | Controls the capitalization of an element's text. | CSS1 Values | capitalize | uppercase | lowercase | none | CSS2 Values | inherit | Initial | none | Applies to | All elements. | Inherited | Yes. |
vertical-align Usage | Affects the vertical positioning of the boxes generated by an inline-level element. | Values | baseline | sub | super | top | texttop | middle | bottom | text-bottom | sub | <percentage> | CSS2 Values | inherit | Initial | baseline | Applies to | Inline-level and table-cell elements. | Inherited | No. |
white-space Usage | Specifies how white space inside the element is handled. | CSS1 Values | normal | pre | nowrap | CSS2 Values | inherit | Initial | normal | Applies to | Block-level elements. | Inherited | Yes. |
word-spacing Usage | Specifies the spacing behavior between words. | Values | normal | <length> | CSS2 Values | inherit | Initial | normal | Applies to | All elements. | Inherited | Yes. |
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