Font

On-line examples

Property Description Values
font
A shorthand property for setting all of the properties for a font in one declaration font-style
font-variant
font-weight
font-size/line-height
font-family
caption
icon
menu
message-box
small-caption
status-bar
font-family
A prioritized list of font family names and/or generic family names for an element family-name
generic-family
font-size
Sets the size of a font xx-small
x-small
small
medium
large
x-large
xx-large
smaller
larger
length
%
line-height Sets the distance between lines normal
number
length
%
font-size-adjust Specifies an aspect value for an element that will preserve the x-height of the first-choice font none
number
font-stretch Condenses or expands the current font-family normal
wider
narrower
ultra-condensed
extra-condensed
condensed
semi-condensed
semi-expanded
expanded
extra-expanded
ultra-expanded
font-style
Sets the style of the font normal
italic
oblique
font-variant
Displays text in a small-caps font or a normal font normal
small-caps
font-weight
Sets the weight of a font normal
bold
bolder
lighter
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900

Text

On-line examples

Property Description Possible Values
color Sets the color of a text color
direction Sets the text direction ltr
rtl
letter-spacing Increase or decrease the space between characters normal
length
text-align Aligns the text in an element left
right
center
justify
text-decoration Adds decoration to text none
underline
overline
line-through
blink
text-indent Indents the first line of text in an element length
%
text-shadow   none
color
length
text-transform Controls the letters in an element none
capitalize
uppercase
lowercase
unicode-bidi   normal
embed
bidi-override
white-space Sets how white space inside an element is handled normal
pre
nowrap
word-spacing Increase or decrease the space between words normal
length

List and Marker

On-line examples

Property Description Values
list-style A shorthand property for setting all of the properties for a list in one declaration list-style-type
list-style-position
list-style-image
list-style-image Sets an image as the list-item marker none
url
list-style-position Sets where the list-item marker is placed in the list inside
outside
list-style-type Sets the type of the list-item marker none
disc
circle
square
decimal
decimal-leading-zero
lower-roman
upper-roman
lower-alpha
upper-alpha
lower-greek
lower-latin
upper-latin
hebrew
armenian
georgian
cjk-ideographic
hiragana
katakana
hiragana-iroha
katakana-iroha 
marker-offset   auto
length

Margin

On-line examples

Property Description Values
margin A shorthand property for setting the margin properties in one declaration margin-top
margin-right
margin-bottom
margin-left

margin-bottom

Sets the bottom margin of an element auto
length
%

margin-left

Sets the left margin of an element auto
length
%

margin-right

Sets the right margin of an element auto
length
%
margin-top Sets the top margin of an element auto
length
%

 

Padding

On-line examples

Property Description Values
padding A shorthand property for setting all of  the padding properties in one declaration padding-top
padding-right
padding-bottom
padding-left

padding-bottom

Sets the bottom padding of an element length
%

padding-left

Sets the left padding of an element length
%

padding-right

Sets the right padding of an element length
%
padding-top Sets the top padding of an element length
%

Pseudo-classes (change style for different states of links)

On-line examples

Pseudo-classes Purpose
active Adds special style to a selected link
hover Adds special style to a link when you mouse over  it
link Adds special style to an unvisited link
visited Adds special style to a visited link

Measurements

Unit Description
% a percentage of something
in inch
cm centimeter
mm millimeter
em one em is equal to the font size of the current element
ex one ex is the x-height of a font, the x-height is usually about half the font-size
pt point (1 pt is the same as 1/72 inch)
pc pica (1 pc is the same as 12 points)
px pixels (a dot on the computer screen)

Colors

Unit Description
color_name A color name (red)
rgb(x,x,x) A rgb value (rgb(255,0,0))
rgb(y%, y%, y%) A rgb percentage value (rgb(100%,0%,0%))
#rrggbb A hex number (#ff0000).