<span style="
        font-family:    Arial;
        font-size:      medium;         /* xx-large x-large large larger medium smaller small x-small xx-small */
        font-weight:    bold;           /* bold medium light */
        font-style:     italic;         /* italic none normal obique small-caps */
        text-decoration: none;          /* line-through underline none */
        text-align:     none;           /* left center right justify */
        text-transform: none;           /* capitalize lowercase none uppercase */
        line-height:    normal;         /* length number percent normal */
        word-spacing:   normal;         /* length normal */
        white-space:    normal;         /* normal nowrap  pre */
        cursor:         default;        /* auto default hand help wait ... */
        color:          red;

        background-color:   yellow;
        background-image:   none        /* none URL(...) */
        background-repeat:  no-repeat;  /* no-repeat repeat repeat-x repeat-y */
        background-attachment: fixed;   /* fixed scroll */
        background-position: 0% 0%;     /* n% n%, length percent top center bottom left right */

        display:        block;          /* block inline list-item none */
        float:          none;           /* left right none */
        height:         auto;           /* auto length */
        vertical-align: position;       /* percent position baseline bottom middle sub super text-bottom text-top top */
        width:          auto;           /* auto length */

        text-indent:    0px;
        text-align:     left;
        padding:        3px;
        margin:         0px;
        border-color:  green;
        border-width:   0px;
        border-style:   none;           /* dotted dashed solid double groove ridge inset outset none */
/*      padding-left:   3px;        padding-right: 3px;         padding-top: 3px;           padding-bottom: 3px; */
/*      margin-left:    0px;        margin-right: 0px;          margin-top: 0px;            margin-bottom: 0px; */
/*      border-top-color: black;    border-bottom-color: black; border-left-color: black;   border-right-color: black; */
/*      border-top-width: 0px;      border-bottom-width: 0px;   border-left-width: 0px;     border-right-width: 0px; */
/*      border-top-style: none;     border-bottom-style: none;  border-left-style: none;    border-right-style: none; */

        /* these specific settings overwrite the general border settings */
        border-top-color: green;    border-top-width=3px;       border-top-style: solid;
        border-bottom-color: blue;  border-bottom-width=1px;    border-bottom-style: dashed;

        position:       relative;       /* relative absolute static   relative means relative to a default location */
        left:           0px;            /* relative 0 - place at the defaultlocation - no adjustment requested */
        top:            0px;            /* relative 0 - place at the defaultlocation - no adjustment requested */
/*
        width:          0px;            /* 0 - shrink as much as possible */
        height:         0px;            /* 0 - shrink as much as possible */
*/

"> sample text</span>