HTML Styles
- Every HTML element has a default style (background color is white and text color is black).
- Changing the default style of an HTML element, can be done with the style attribute.
- This example changes the default background color from white to lightgrey:
Example:
<body style="background-color:lightgrey">
<h1>This is a heading</h1>
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>
</body>
<h1>This is a heading</h1>
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>
</body>
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The HTML Style Attribute
The property is a CSS property. The value is a CSS value.The HTML style attribute has the following syntax:
style="property:value"
HTML Text Color
The color property defines the text color to be used for an HTML element:Example:
<h1 style="color:blue">This is a heading</h1>
<p style="color:red">This is a paragraph.</p>
<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>
<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 to be used 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>
<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>
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>
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Summary of Chapter
- 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
Note :
The <center> tag, supported in older versions of HTML, is not valid in HTML5.
The <font> tag, supported in older versions of HTML, is not valid in HTML5.
The bgcolor attribute, supported in older versions of HTML, is not valid in HTML5.
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