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::first-letter

Baseline Widely available *

The ::first-letter CSS pseudo-element applies styles to the first letter of the first line of a block container, but only when not preceded by other content (such as images or inline tables).

Try it
p::first-letter {
  font-size: 1.5rem;
  font-weight: bold;
  color: brown;
}
<p>
  Scientists exploring the depths of Monterey Bay unexpectedly encountered a
  rare and unique species of dragonfish. This species is the rarest of its
  species.
</p>

<p>
  When Robison and a team of researchers discovered this fish, they were aboard
  a week-long expedition.
</p>

The first letter of an element is not always trivial to identify:

Note: CSS introduced the ::first-letter notation (with two colons) to distinguish pseudo-classes from pseudo-elements. For backward compatibility, browsers also accept :first-letter, introduced earlier.

Browser support for digraphs such as IJ in Dutch is poor. Check the compatibility table below to see the current state of support.

Allowable properties

Only a small subset of CSS properties can be used with the ::first-letter pseudo-element:

Syntax
::first-letter {
  /* ... */
}
Examples Basic drop cap

In this example we will use the ::first-letter pseudo-element to create a drop cap effect on the first letter of the paragraph coming right after the <h2>.

HTML
<h2>My heading</h2>
<p>
  Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy
  eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam
  voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita
  kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est.
</p>
<p>
  Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie
  consequat.
</p>
CSS
p {
  width: 500px;
  line-height: 1.5;
}

h2 + p::first-letter {
  color: white;
  background-color: black;
  border-radius: 2px;
  box-shadow: 3px 3px 0 red;
  font-size: 250%;
  padding: 6px 3px;
  margin-right: 6px;
  float: left;
}
Result Effect on special punctuation and non-Latin characters

This example illustrates the effect of ::first-letter on special punctuation and non-Latin characters.

HTML
<p>
  Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie
  consequat.
</p>
<p>-The beginning of a special punctuation mark.</p>
<p>_The beginning of a special punctuation mark.</p>
<p>"The beginning of a special punctuation mark.</p>
<p>'The beginning of a special punctuation mark.</p>
<p>*The beginning of a special punctuation mark.</p>
<p>#The beginning of a special punctuation mark.</p>
<p>「特殊的汉字标点符号开头。</p>
<p>《特殊的汉字标点符号开头。</p>
<p>"特殊的汉字标点符号开头。</p>
CSS
p::first-letter {
  color: red;
  font-size: 150%;
}
Result Styling first letter in SVG text element

In this example, we use the ::first-letter pseudo-element to style the first letter of a SVG <text> element.

Note: At time of writing this feature has limited support.

HTML
<svg viewBox="0 0 300 40">
  <text y="30">First letter in &lt;text&gt; SVG</text>
</svg>
CSS
text {
  font-family: sans-serif;
}

text::first-letter {
  font-family: serif;
  font-size: 2rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  fill: tomato;
  stroke: indigo;
}
Result Specifications Browser compatibility See also

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