initial-letter
CSS initial-letter Property
The initial-letter property specifies the first letter and the number of lines it occupies.
This property appears in newspapers where the first letter is larger than the rest of the content.
This property has three values: normal, <number>, <integer>.
Negative values are not allowed.
Only Safari supports this property.
| 类目 | 类目 |
|---|---|
| Initial Value | normal |
| Applies to | ::first-letter pseudo-elements and inline-level first child of a block container. |
| Inherited | No. |
| Animatable | No. |
| Version | CSS3 |
| DOM Syntax | Object.style.initialLetter = “<number>”; |
Syntax
Syntax
initial-letter: normal | <number> | <integer>;
Example of the initial-letter property:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of the document</title>
<style>
body {
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
font-family: 'Slabo 27px';
font-size: 1.5em;
line-height: 1.5;
padding: 40px 0;
}
article {
width: 80%;
}
.example::first-letter {
-webkit-initial-letter: 2;
initial-letter: 1;
color: #8ebf42;
font-weight: bold;
margin-right: .60em;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<article class="example">
Lorem Ipsum is dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged.
</article>
</body>
</html>
Result
Values
Values
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| normal | No initial-letter effect. This is the default value of this property. |
| <number> | Specifies the size of the initial letter, how many lines it occupies. Negative values are not allowed. |
| <integer> | Specifies how many lines the initial letter should sink. |
| initial | Makes the property use its default value. |
| inherit | Inherits the property from its parents element. |