XHTML - Styling with CSS
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XHTML - Styling with CSS
This course is part of XHTML Front-End Web Design with CSS Specialization
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There are 2 modules in this course
This course is designed to equip learners with the practical skills needed to style and format XHTML content using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Through structured, hands-on modules, learners will explore both foundational and advanced techniques to enhance web page typography and layout. The course begins by introducing core CSS syntax and color systems and progresses to font families, text alignment, decorative properties, and class-based styling applications.
By analyzing real XHTML examples and applying a wide range of text styling properties, learners will gain confidence in separating content from presentation, ensuring clean, scalable, and accessible web design. Through examples and exercises, students will identify, apply, and demonstrate CSS rules that control the visual representation of text, empowering them to build visually appealing and standards-compliant web interfaces.
This module introduces learners to the foundational principles of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) within XHTML documents. It emphasizes how CSS is used to control presentation, including color, typography, and basic text formatting. Through practical examples, learners will gain proficiency in manipulating text appearance using fonts, units of measurement, and fallback strategies, preparing them to design visually engaging, standards-compliant web pages.
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9 videos4 assignments
9 videos•Total 71 minutes
- Understanding Cascading Style Sheet•9 minutes
- Example of Cascading Style Sheet•5 minutes
- Hex Colors and Example•12 minutes
- Setting Font Family•6 minutes
- Using Generic Fonts•8 minutes
- Curse of Web Based Fonts•9 minutes
- Using Images for Headings•6 minutes
- Font Size•6 minutes
- Measuring Units for Fonts•9 minutes
4 assignments•Total 60 minutes
- CSS Fundamentals and Typography•30 minutes
- Introduction to CSS•10 minutes
- Typography Essentials•10 minutes
- Advanced Typography Techniques•10 minutes
This module focuses on advanced CSS techniques for enhancing textual presentation in XHTML documents. Learners will explore how to control text alignment, apply decorative styles, and use additional typographic attributes to refine the look and feel of web content. The module also provides hands-on experience with real-world font styling, class-based formatting, and semantic text enhancements such as superscripts, subscripts, and small caps. By the end, learners will be able to combine these elements to craft professional and accessible web typography.
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6 videos3 assignments
6 videos•Total 45 minutes
- Text Align•8 minutes
- Text Decoration•7 minutes
- Other Text Attributes•7 minutes
- Extra Examples for Font•8 minutes
- Examples on CSS•7 minutes
- More on Examples on CSS•8 minutes
3 assignments•Total 50 minutes
- Text Styling and Practical Applications•30 minutes
- Text Alignment and Decorations•10 minutes
- Practical Font and CSS Examples•10 minutes
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Reviewed on Oct 24, 2025
The course gave me confidence to create clean and professional-looking web pages.
Reviewed on Oct 10, 2025
I used to mix content and styling, but this course taught me how to separate them
properly.
Reviewed on Oct 2, 2025
I loved learning about CSS syntax and color systems. It made my web pages look so
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