Chapter 5. Working with Fonts, Text Blocks, and Lists

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

In the early days of the Web, text was displayed in only one font and in one size. However, a combination of HTML and CSS now makes it possible to control the appearance of text (font type, size, or color) and how it is aligned and displayed on a web page. In this chapter, you’ll learn how to change the visual display of the font—its font family, size, and weight—and how to incorporate boldface, italics, superscripts, subscripts, and ...

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