HTML Styles
HTML Styling
Every HTML element has a default style (background color is white and text color is black).
Changing the default style of an HTML element, can be done with the style attribute.
This example changes the default background color from white to lightgrey:
Example
<body style="background-color:lightgrey">
<h1>This is a heading</h1>
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>
</body>
The HTML Style Attribute
The HTML style attribute has the following syntax:
style="property:value"
The property is a CSS property. The value is a CSS value.
HTML Text Color
The color property defines the text color to be used for an HTML element:
Example
<h1 style="color:blue">This is a heading</h1>
<p style="color:red">This is a paragraph.</p>
HTML Fonts
The 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>
HTML Text Size
The font-size property defines the text size to be used 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>
HTML Text Alignment
The text-align property defines the horizontal text alignment for an HTML element:
Example
<h1 style="text-align:center">Centered Heading</h1>
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>
HTML Styling
Every HTML element has a default style (background color is white and text color is black).
Changing the default style of an HTML element, can be done with the style attribute.
This example changes the default background color from white to lightgrey:
Example
<body style="background-color:lightgrey">
<h1>This is a heading</h1>
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>
</body>
The HTML Style Attribute
The HTML style attribute has the following syntax:
style="property:value"
The property is a CSS property. The value is a CSS value.
HTML Text Color
The color property defines the text color to be used for an HTML element:
Example
<h1 style="color:blue">This is a heading</h1>
<p style="color:red">This is a paragraph.</p>
HTML Fonts
The 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>
HTML Text Size
The font-size property defines the text size to be used 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>
HTML Text Alignment
The text-align property defines the horizontal text alignment for an HTML element:
Example
<h1 style="text-align:center">Centered Heading</h1>
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>
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