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Glossary Term

initial-letter

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The initial-letter CSS property sets the size and sink for dropped, raised, and sunken initial letters. This property applies to ::first-letter pseudo-elements and inline-level first children of block containers.

Values: This property is specified as 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.

Syntax example: initial-letter: normal;

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