diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/Element/Text.php b/src/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/Element/Text.php
index ed1ba4a3..71cb7566 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/Element/Text.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/Element/Text.php
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ class Text extends AbstractElement
         if ($pStyleIsObject) {
             $styleWriter = new ParagraphStyleWriter($paragraphStyle);
             $style = $styleWriter->write();
+        } elseif (is_string($paragraphStyle)) {
+            $style = $paragraphStyle;
         }
         if ($style) {
             $attribute = $pStyleIsObject ? 'style' : 'class';
@@ -186,6 +188,8 @@ class Text extends AbstractElement
         if ($fStyleIsObject) {
             $styleWriter = new FontStyleWriter($fontStyle);
             $style = $styleWriter->write();
+        } elseif (is_string($fontStyle)) {
+            $style = $fontStyle;
         }
         if ($style) {
             $attribute = $fStyleIsObject ? 'style' : 'class';
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/Style/Font.php b/src/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/Style/Font.php
index cb96cf64..8daa8823 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/Style/Font.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/Style/Font.php
@@ -52,12 +52,17 @@ class Font extends AbstractStyle
         $css['background'] = $this->getValueIf($fgColor != '', $fgColor);
         $css['font-weight'] = $this->getValueIf($style->isBold(), 'bold');
         $css['font-style'] = $this->getValueIf($style->isItalic(), 'italic');
-        $css['vertical-align'] = $this->getValueIf($style->isSuperScript(), 'italic');
-        $css['vertical-align'] = $this->getValueIf($style->isSuperScript(), 'super');
-        $css['vertical-align'] = $this->getValueIf($style->isSubScript(), 'sub');
+        $css['vertical-align'] = '';
+        $css['vertical-align'] .= $this->getValueIf($style->isSuperScript(), 'super');
+        $css['vertical-align'] .= $this->getValueIf($style->isSubScript(), 'sub');
         $css['text-decoration'] = '';
         $css['text-decoration'] .= $this->getValueIf($underline, 'underline ');
         $css['text-decoration'] .= $this->getValueIf($lineThrough, 'line-through ');
+        $css['text-transform'] = $this->getValueIf($style->isAllCaps(), 'uppercase');
+        $css['font-variant'] = $this->getValueIf($style->isSmallCaps(), 'small-caps');
+
+        $spacing = $style->getSpacing();
+        $css['letter-spacing'] = $this->getValueIf(!is_null($spacing), ($spacing / 20) . 'pt');
 
         return $this->assembleCss($css);
     }
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/Style/Paragraph.php b/src/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/Style/Paragraph.php
index e264ead0..af551dc5 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/Style/Paragraph.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/Style/Paragraph.php
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ class Paragraph extends AbstractStyle
             $after = $spacing->getAfter();
             $css['margin-top'] = $this->getValueIf(!is_null($before), ($before / 20) . 'pt');
             $css['margin-bottom'] = $this->getValueIf(!is_null($after), ($after / 20) . 'pt');
+        } else {
+            $css['margin-top'] = '0';
+            $css['margin-bottom'] = '0';
         }
 
         return $this->assembleCss($css);