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  • 1. The font-size property
  • 2. Relative font size
  • 3. The line-height property
  • 4. Relative line height
  • 5. The font-family property
  • 6. The font-weight property
  • 7. The text-align property, horizontal text alignment
  • 8. The text-align property does more than just align text
  • 9. The vertical-align property, vertical text alignment
  • 10. Use of the background in typography
  • 11. The color property, text color
  • 12. Using margins to format the text
  • 13. The white-space property, space management
  • 14. Assignment of styles to preformatted text
  • 15. The text-decoration property, underlining as well as other effects
  • 16. The font-style property, italics
  • 17. The text-transform property, character case
  • 18. Shave space off the footer
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Using margins to format the text

To make the text more readable, we must ensure that there is enough free space in the block for this text. There must be enough space around the text. It should not touch the edges, and it should not be crowded.

Two properties are responsible for margins in CSS: padding sets the padding in the block, and margin sets the external margins. Here is an example of how to use them:

p {
  padding: 10px;
  margin: 20px 0;
}

In the example above, padding of 10px is specified for all sides. In addition, external top and bottom margins of 20px as well as left and right margins of 0px are specified. These are shorthand properties.

Look at the aside block on our website. The margins for this block are clearly insufficient. Let’s add them!

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  • index.html
  • style.css
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>The website of a beginning coder</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css"> </head> <body> <header> <p class="page-title">Blog</p> <nav class="blog-navigation"> <a href="index.html">Return to home</a> </nav> </header> <main> <article> <h1>Day Two. I want to become a coder</h1> <p>Today I spent the whole evening on the Internet. I read about the advantages of working as a coder. I often spent my free time watching cat videos, of course. But then I remembered something:</p> <ul> <li>You are helping a useful cause</li> <li>You can work remotely</li> <li>Interesting people</li> <li>Good salary</li> </ul> <p>My desire to learn has dramatically increased.</p> </article> <aside class="partnership"> Your ad could go here </aside> </main> <footer> Website footer </footer> </body> </html>
CSS
body { padding: 0 30px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; color: #222222; background: #ffffff url("img/bg-page.png") no-repeat top center; } h1 { font-size: 24px; line-height: normal; } h2 { font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; } a { color: #0099ef; text-decoration: underline; } del { color: #ff4400; } ins { color: rgb(105, 178, 83); } .page-title { font-weight: bold; font-size: 36px; line-height: 42px; font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif; text-align: center; } .avatar-container { text-align: center; } .avatar { border-radius: 50%; } .blog-navigation { margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 20px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #4470c4; border: 5px solid #2d508f; } .blog-navigation h2 { margin-top: 0; } .blog-navigation ul { padding-left: 0; list-style: none; } .blog-navigation li { margin-bottom: 5px; } .blog-navigation a { color: #ffffff; } .skills dd { margin: 0; margin-bottom: 10px; background-color: #e8e8e8; } .skills-level { font-size: 12px; text-align: center; color: #ffffff; background-color: #4470c4; } .skills-level-ok { background-color: #47bb52; } .partnership { color: #ffffff; background-color: #4a87fa; background-image: url("img/bg-partnership.svg"); } footer { margin-top: 30px; }

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    1. Set the padding to a value of 30px in the rule for .partnership,
    2. and then set the external margin (margin) to a value of 30px 0.
    3. Also set the horizontal justification to center.

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