Properties
The XSL-FO objects themselves would not be nearly as useful were it not for the properties that can be manipulated to affect how an object is rendered. In the XSL-FO examples you have used so far, you have already seen properties, such as font-size which specifies the size (in points) of the font being used to display a line of text.
Properties are used to express a variety of qualities with objects, from the size and color of borders, to padding inside block areas, to background images and font sizes and colors. The XSL-FO properties are expressed as attributes, which are used with object elements. For example, with the block object element, you can use the font-family property to specify the font family to be used to render the ...
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