CSS 1: The first CSS specification to become an official W3C Recommendation is CSS level 1, published in December 1996. Among its capabilities are support for Font properties such as typeface and emphasis Color of text, backgrounds, and other elements Text attributes such as spacing between words, letters, and lines of text Alignment of text, images, tables and other elements Margin, border, padding, and positioning for most elements Unique identification and generic classification of groups of attributes The W3C no longer maintains the CSS 1 Recommendation.