::first-letter pseudo-elementDaniel GlazmanIan HicksonCSS 3 Module W3C Selectors Next ::first-letter pseudo-element with ::before pseudo-element Previous ::first-line pseudo-element Test # 53 of 303 Testing ::first-letter pseudo-element ID 39 Date 2002-01-01 Revision 1.1
This very long paragraph
should have a big first letter T with a green background.
p:first-letter { font-size : xx-large ; background-color : lime }
<p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">This very long paragraph
should have a big first letter T with a green background.</p>