Wed, 2003-03-19 20:44
Is there an easy way to indent the first sentence of each paragraph :?:
At the moment I'm using "nbsp"
There must be a better way to do this with CSS.
Wed, 2003-03-19 22:07
#1
Try using text-indent
text-indent is probably what you're after, so try something like:
p {text-indent:3em}
That's assuming you're using <p> tags to structure your content. CSS - is there anything it can't do?
Fri, 2003-03-21 10:24
#2
em
Thanks Sven,
em's don't mean much to me so I played around a little and was suprised to find that 1em indents about 1.5 characters, 3 em indents about 8.5 characters and to indent about 1 character .7 seems to give the desired result.
So what exactly is an em :?:
Do all browsers handle them the same, I've only tried ie 6 and Netscape 7 :?:
Mon, 2003-03-24 04:42
#3
Indenting paragraphs
em is about one line-height's worth of space.
Mon, 2003-03-24 05:38
#4
em is a word
It is ironic. em looks pretty weird. But for once it is not a new cyber-word.
The Shorter Oxford Dictionary defines it as (1) the letter "m" (2) (In typography) A unit of horizontal measurement in typesettingequal to the body of any size of metal typeor the nominal type-size in photosetting, used for calculating the extent of a line or text; loosely a length of 12 points.
Really ironic - the industry made obsolete by this industry - typesetting - survives in one of its more obscure words.