::first-letter pseudo-elementDaniel GlazmanIan HicksonCSS 3 Module W3C Selectors Next ::before pseudo-element Previous ::first-letter pseudo-element with ::before pseudo-element Test # 42 of 246 of the static tests category Testing ::first-letter pseudo-element ID 39b Date 1-january-2002 Revision 1.0
This very long paragraph should have a big first letter
with 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
with green background.</p>