HTML Styles

Adding styles to an element…

  • colour

  • font

  • size…


To define a style, you must write in CSS format.

e.g. <tagname style="property:value;">

  • property is a CSS property. value is a CSS value.


Background Colour

CSS property that defines background colour a HTML element.

Sets background colour for page to powderblue.

  • You can do this with as many elements as you want, nested or not!


Text Colour

CSS property that defines text colour for HTML element.

Heading -- Blue Paragraph -- Red


Fonts

CSS font-family property defines font to be used.


Text Size

CSS font-size property defines text size.

  • Uses percentages


Text Alignment

CSS Text-align property defines horizontal text alignment.