Lesson 2.3 HTML Style














HTML Styles


The HTML style attribute is used to add styles to an element, such as color, font, size, and more.


Example

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.


Background Color

The CSS background-color property defines the background color for an HTML element.

Example

Set the background color for a page to powder blue:

<body style="background-color:powderblue;">


<h1>This is a heading</h1>

<p>This is a paragraph.</p>


</body>

Example

Set background color for two different elements:

<body>


<h1 style="background-color:powderblue;">This is a heading</h1>

<p style="background-color:tomato;">This is a paragraph.</p>


</body>

Text Color

The CSS color property defines the text color for an HTML element:

Example

<h1 style="color:blue;">This is a heading</h1>

<p style="color:red;">This is a paragraph.</p> 


Fonts

The CSS 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>


Text Size

The CSS font-size property defines the text size 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>


Text Alignment

The CSS text-align property defines the horizontal text alignment for an HTML element:

Example

<h1 style="text-align: center ;"> Centered Heading</h1>

<p style="text-align: center ;"> Centered paragraph.</p>


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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