DROP CAPS: The drop cap is offset to the top of the text. Subsequent lines are not indented.
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title></title> <style type="text/css" media="Screen"> * .myDrop { font-size: 40px; line-height: normal; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; vertical-align: -0.45em; color: white; background-color: black; background-image: url("http://www.java2s/com/style/logo.png"); padding: 0 4px; border: 1px solid black; } </style> </head> <body> <p><span class="myDrop">A</span>bc this is a test. </p> </body> </html>