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CSS has several properties to control text spacing.

In this chapter you will learn about the following properties:

CSS Text Indentation

The CSS text-indent property is used to specify the indentation of the first line in a text-block.

Tip

Negative values are allowed. The first line will be indented to the left if the value is negative.

Example

Formatted code

p {
  text-indent: 50px;
}

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The CSS letter-spacing property is used to specify the space between the characters in a text.

Tip

Negative values are allowed.

Example

Formatted code

h1 {
  letter-spacing: 5px;
}
h2 {
  letter-spacing: -2px;
}

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The CSS line-height property is used to specify the space between lines.

Note

Negative values are not allowed.

Example

Formatted code

p.small {
  line-height: 0.8;
}
p.big {
  line-height: 1.8;
}

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The CSS word-spacing property is used to specify the space between the words in a text.

Tip

Negative values are allowed.

Example

Formatted code

p.one {
  word-spacing: 10px;
}
p.two {
  word-spacing: -2px;
}

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The CSS white-space property specifies how white-space inside an element is handled.

This property can have one of the following values:

Example

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p {
  white-space: nowrap;
}

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Property	Description
letter-spacing	Specifies the space between characters in a text
line-height	Specifies the line height
text-indent	Specifies the indentation of the first line in a text-block
white-space	Specifies how to handle white-space inside an element
word-spacing	Specifies the space between words in a text