Chapter 6. Working with Fonts, Text Blocks, Lists, and Tables

What You’ll Learn in This Chapter:

How to use boldface, italics, and special text formatting

How to tweak the font

How to use special characters

How to align text on a page

How to use the three types of HTML lists

How to place lists within lists

How to create simple tables

How to control the size of tables

How to align content and span rows and columns within tables

How to use CSS columns

In the early days of the Web, text was displayed in only one font and one size. However, a combination of HTML and CSS now makes it possible to control the appearance of text (font type, size, color) and how it is aligned and displayed on a web page. In this chapter you’ll learn ...

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