CSS3 contains several new text features.
In this chapter you will learn about the following text properties:
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.
Property | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
text-shadow | 10.0 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 9.5 |
word-wrap | 5.5 | 23.0 | 3.5 | 6.1 | 12.1 |
In CSS3, the text-shadow property applies shadow to text.
You specify the horizontal shadow, the vertical shadow, the blur distance, and the color of the shadow:
If a word is too long to fit within an area, it expands outside:
This paragraph contains a very long word: thisisaveryveryveryveryveryverylongword. The long word will break and wrap to the next line.
In CSS3, the word-wrap property allows you to force the text to wrap - even if it means splitting it in the middle of a word:
This paragraph contains a very long word: thisisaveryveryveryveryveryverylongword. The long word will break and wrap to the next line.
The CSS code is as follows:
Allow long words to be able to break and wrap onto the next line:
Property | Description | CSS |
---|---|---|
hanging-punctuation | Specifies whether a punctuation character may be placed outside the line box | 3 |
punctuation-trim | Specifies whether a punctuation character should be trimmed | 3 |
text-align-last | Describes how the last line of a block or a line right before a forced line break is aligned when text-align is "justify" | 3 |
text-emphasis | Applies emphasis marks, and the foreground color of the emphasis marks, to the element's text | 3 |
text-justify | Specifies the justification method used when text-align is "justify" | 3 |
text-outline | Specifies a text outline | 3 |
text-overflow | Specifies what should happen when text overflows the containing element | 3 |
text-shadow | Adds shadow to text | 3 |
text-wrap | Specifies line breaking rules for text | 3 |
word-break | Specifies line breaking rules for non-CJK scripts | 3 |
word-wrap | Allows long, unbreakable words to be broken and wrap to the next line | 3 |