initial-letter
Quick Summary for initial-letter
The initial-letter CSS property sets styling for dropped, raised, and sunken initial letters.
Code Usage for initial-letter
/* Keyword values */ initial-letter: normal;  /* Numeric values */ initial-letter: 1.5;    /* Initial letter occupies 1.5 lines */ initial-letter: 3.0;    /* Initial letter occupies 3 lines */ initial-letter: 3.0 2;  /* Initial letter occupies 3 lines and                            sinks 2 lines */  /* Global values */ initial-letter: inherit; initial-letter: initial; initial-letter: revert; initial-letter: unset; 
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initial-letter

The initial-letter CSS property sets styling for dropped, raised, and sunken initial letters.

/* Keyword values */ initial-letter: normal;  /* Numeric values */ initial-letter: 1.5;    /* Initial letter occupies 1.5 lines */ initial-letter: 3.0;    /* Initial letter occupies 3 lines */ initial-letter: 3.0 2;  /* Initial letter occupies 3 lines and                            sinks 2 lines */  /* Global values */ initial-letter: inherit; initial-letter: initial; initial-letter: revert; initial-letter: unset; 

Syntax

The keyword value normal, or a <number> optionally followed by an <integer>.

Values

normal

No special initial-letter effect. Text behaves as normal.

<number>

Defines the size of the initial letter, in terms of how many lines it occupies. Negative values are not allowed.

<integer>

Defines the number of lines the initial letter should sink when the size of it is given. Values must be greater than zero. If omitted, it duplicates the size value, floored to the nearest positive whole number.

Formal definition

Initial valuenormal
Applies to::first-letter pseudo-elements and inline-level first child of a block container
Inheritedno
Computed valueas specified
Animation typediscrete

Formal syntax

normal | [ <number> <integer>? ]

Examples

Setting initial letter size

HTML
<p class="normal">Initial letter is normal</p> <p class="onefive">Initial letter occupies 1.5 lines</p> <p class="three">Initial letter occupies 3 lines</p> 
CSS
.normal::first-letter {   -webkit-initial-letter: normal;   initial-letter: normal; }  .onefive::first-letter {   -webkit-initial-letter: 1.5;   initial-letter: 1.5; }  .three::first-letter {   -webkit-initial-letter: 3.0;   initial-letter: 3.0; } 
Result

Specifications

Specification
CSS Inline Layout Module Level 3 # sizing-drop-initials
initial-letter-align Drop caps in CSS

Last modified: Jan 19, 2022, by MDN contributors

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