HTML CSS Reference/CSS Attributes and Javascript Style Properties/first letter
"first-letter" Example
<html>
<head>
<style>
p:first-letter { font-size:150%; color:red; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p>This is a sample text.</p>
</body>
</html>
"first-letter" is applied to
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| Applied_To |<address> <blockquote> |
| |<body> <center> |
| |<dd> <div> |
| |<dl> <dt> |
| |<fieldset> <form> |
| |<hn> <legend> |
| |<li> <listing> |
| |<marquee> <menu> |
| |<p> <pre> |
| |<xmp> |
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"first-letter" Syntax and Note
Note:
Apply special styles to the first letter of text.