Illustrating table headings

A basic table with headings.

The first row uses table heading (th) elements instead of ordinary cells (td).

First Second
content
content
content
more content
content here lots of content
lots of content
lots of content
lots of content
lots of content

The style rules for the table:

  table {border: solid thin red;}
  th   {padding: 10px; 
        color: maroon;
        background-color: silver;
        font-weight: normal;
        font-style: italic;
        text-align: center;}
  td   {padding: 10px; 
        background-color: #dddddd;
        text-align: left;
        vertical-align: bottom}