Tag text-transform

The text-transform property lets you easily change the case of text: uppercase, lowercase, capitalize each word, and more — without changing the actual HTML content.

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🔹 What Does text-transform Do?

It modifies the visual presentation of text by changing its capitalization — great for styling headings, labels, buttons, or formal content.

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📘 Syntax

selector {
  text-transform: none | uppercase | lowercase | capitalize | full-width | full-size-kana;
}

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💡 Common Values

Value	What It Does	Example Output
none	No transformation	Text remains as typed
uppercase	Converts all characters to uppercase	HELLO WORLD
lowercase	Converts all characters to lowercase	hello world
capitalize	Capitalizes the first letter of each word	Hello World
full-width	Transforms Latin letters into full-width form	ＨＥＬＬＯ　ＷＯＲＬＤ (mostly for CJK typesetting)
full-size-kana	Transforms half-width katakana to full-size (Japanese)	カタカナ → カタカナ (for Japanese layout)

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✍️ Example: Uppercase Button Text

<button class="btn-uppercase">Submit</button>

.btn-uppercase {
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

✅ Displays: SUBMIT

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✍️ Example: Capitalized Headings

h2 {
  text-transform: capitalize;
}

✅ Displays: The Quick Brown Fox (even if the text was typed in all lowercase).

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🖼️ Image Idea: Visual Demo of Each text-transform

Image Description:
Same sentence shown in six styles:

1. Normal
2. uppercase
3. lowercase
4. capitalize
5. full-width
6. full-size-kana

🎯 Purpose: Show how each value changes the text’s appearance.

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🧠 Best Use Cases

Use Case	Suggested Value
Navigation menu labels	uppercase
Form placeholders or buttons	uppercase or capitalize
Blog headings or titles	capitalize
Localized web typography	full-width / full-size-kana (for CJK content)

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✅ Summary

Property	text-transform
Purpose	Changes text capitalization
Common values	uppercase, lowercase, capitalize
Special values	full-width, full-size-kana
Works on	Any inline or block-level text elements

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⚠️ Notes & Tips

• It doesn’t affect HTML source text — only visual output.
• Not suitable for proper nouns or acronyms that require manual control.
• Combine with letter-spacing for stylized uppercase headers.

.upper-title {
  text-transform: uppercase;
  letter-spacing: 0.1em;
}

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🔚 Final Thought

The text-transform property is a fast, clean, and semantic way to style capitalization without modifying your content. It’s an essential tool in any web designer’s typography toolbox.

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