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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;
}

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;
}

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;
}

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;
}

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;
}

The CSS Text Spacing Properties

CSS Text Shadow

Text Shadow

The text-shadow property adds shadow to text. In its simplest use, you only specify the horizontal shadow (2px) and the vertical shadow (2px):

Text shadow effect!

Example

h1 {
  text-shadow: 2px 2px;
}

Next, add a color (red) to the shadow:

Text shadow effect!

Example

h1 {
  text-shadow: 2px 2px red;
}

Then, add a blur effect (5px) to the shadow:

Text shadow effect!

Example

h1 {
  text-shadow: 2px 2px 5px red;
}

More Text Shadow Examples

Example 1

Text-shadow on a white text:

h1 {
  color: white;
  text-shadow: 2px 2px 4px #000000;
}

Example 2

Text-shadow with red neon glow:

h1 {
  text-shadow: 0 0 3px #ff0000;
}

Example 3

Text-shadow with red and blue neon glow:

h1 {
  text-shadow: 0 0 3px #ff0000, 0 0 5px #0000ff;
}

Example 4

h1 {
  color: white;
  text-shadow: 1px 1px 2px black, 0 0 25px blue, 0 0 5px darkblue;
}