Paragraph layout

paragraph

Specify paragraph leading, alignment and indentation rules.

line-height
line-height-step
text-indent
text-align
text-align-last
hanging-punctuation
text-overflow

line-height

Typographic leading

Specify the distance between the bottom of one line and the bottom of the next line in a flowing paragraph.

css, style, paragraph, line-height

line-height-step

Rhythmic sizing

Use fixed steps to create rhythmic text layouts by using line-heights with user-defined units.

css, style, paragraph, line-height-step

text-indent

First word placement

Should the first word of a paragraph be indented or flush with the left margin?

css, style, paragraph, text-indent

text-align

Left, center, right, justify

Specify whether or not ragged edges should be used on paragraphs, and whether they appear on the left or right side.

css, style, paragraph, text-align

text-align-last

Last line justification

How should the last line of a paragraph be justified?

css, style, paragraph, text-align-last

hanging-punctuation

Hanging quotes

Specify whether starting and ending quotation marks and brackets should appear in the element's margin or in the content area.

css, style, paragraph, hanging-punctuation

text-overflow

Trailing ellipsis

Should text that doesn't fit be trailed off with an ellipsis or clipped abruptly?

css, style, paragraph, text-overflow