This CSS styling can be used to change the styles of the first letter of any text container: span, headers, etc.
<style type="text/css">
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--First-Letter Styling with CSS
--More CSS Scripts at
--http://icecaves.net/tags/css
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.codetitle {font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:#333333;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline}
.codetitle:first-letter {font-size:16px;color:#0066ff}
</style>
Here are some containers that can be affected by the :first-letter styles:<br>
<p class="codetitle">Paragraphs</p><h2 class="codetitle">Headers</h2><div class="codetitle">Divs</div><br><div class="title">Remember just the first letter.</div>Code Preview:
Here are some containers that can be affected by the :first-letter styles:
Paragraphs
Headers
Divs
Remember just the first letter.
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I've always been curious about this, but I never noticed this tutorial on the old IC... :P
Yay, Anna!
AnnaNeo
It was there, I think, somewhere, hidden.
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People need to be very subtle with this trick because I usually see it and it just appears to be so tacky...
I'm a jack of all trades in training.
I've overused this in the past...not a good look. Like Scarlie said, subtly works best.
"Baldrick, have you no idea what 'irony' is?" "Yes, it's like 'goldy' and 'bronzy' only it's made out of iron."