HTML Styles
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<p>I am
normal</p>
<p
style="color:red;">I am red</p>
<p
style="color:blue;">I am blue</p>
<p style="font-size:50px;">I
am big</p>
</body>
</html>
Output:
I am normal
I am red
I am blue
I am big
The HTML Style Attribute
Setting the style of an HTML element, can be done with the Style attribute.
The HTML Style attribute
has the following syntax:
<tagname style=”property:value;”>
The property is a CSS
property. The value is a CSS
value.
You will learn more
about CSS later in this tutorial.
HTML Background Color
The background-color property
defines the background color for an HTML element.
This example sets the background color for a page to powderblue:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body style="background-color:powderblue;">
<h1>This is a heading</h1>
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>
</body>
</html>
Output:
This is a heading
This is a paragraph.
HTML Text Color
The color property
defines the text color for an HTML element:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h1 style="color:blue;">This is a
heading</h1>
<p style="color:red;">This is a
paragraph.</p>
</body>
</html>
Output:
This is a heading
This is a paragraph.
HTML Fonts
The font-family property
defines the font to be used for an HTML element:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h1 style="font-family:verdana;">This is a
heading</h1>
<p style="font-family:courier;">This is a
paragraph.</p>
</body>
</html>
Output:
This is a
heading
This is a
paragraph.
HTML Text Size
The font-size property
defines the text size for an HTML element:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h1 style="font-size:300%;">This is a
heading</h1>
<p style="font-size:160%;">This is a
paragraph.</p>
</body>
</html>
Output:
This is a heading
This is a paragraph.
HTML Text Alignment
The text-align property
defines the horizontal text alignment for an HTML element:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h1 style="text-align:center;">Centered
Heading</h1>
<p style="text-align:center;">Centered
paragraph.</p>
</body>
</html>
Output:
Centered
Heading
Centered paragraph.
Chapter Summary
- 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
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