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How to Use CSS Text Decoration for Stylish Text Effects

Written by Pawan Sharma | Nov 8, 2024 1:30:00 PM

Creating stylish text effects with CSS text decoration is a great way to add visual appeal to your web content. CSS provides a variety of text decoration properties that can be combined with other styling techniques to achieve unique and eye-catching effects. In this blog post, we’ll explore several ways you can use CSS text decoration to create stylish text effects, along with code examples for each.

Introduction to CSS Text Decoration

CSS text-decoration is a shorthand property that controls the decoration of text, such as underlining, overlining, and striking through text. It is commonly used for adding emphasis to links, but it can also be utilized creatively for various text effects.

 

Values for text-decoration include:

  1. underline: Adds an underline to the text.
  2. overline: Adds a line above the text.
  3. line-through: Adds a line through the text.
  4. none: Removes all text decorations.