Creating a drop cap with span elements and CSS
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<title>Creating a drop cap with span elements and CSS</title>
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h1+p {
font-weight: bold;
color: #222222;
}
.dropCap span {
font-size: 4.8em;
line-height: 1em;
}
.dropCap {
float: left;
height: 4.7em;
margin-top: -0.2em;
margin-left: -0.4em;
margin-right: 0.5em;
}
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<h1>Article heading</h1>
<p><span class="dropCap"><span>T</span></span>is a test. this is a test.
this is a test.
this is a test.
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