
How to Create Drop Caps in CSS
Everyone loves drop caps. In order to create one in CSS, all you have to do is use the first-letter speudo selector and you can give your letter all kinds of styles:
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/* Make drop-caps with the first-letter selector */
.dear-lorem:first-letter {
font-size: 300%;
float: left;
margin: 10px;
font-family: fantasy;
color: #FFF;
}
There's only one problem with this. It will style the first letter of every paragraph. To get around this, change the above selector to the following:
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.dear-lorem:first-child:first-letter { /* Your initial styles goes here */ }
This will only select the first child β your very first paragraph inside your content.

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