This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
The initial-letter-align
CSS property specifies the alignment of initial letters within a paragraph.
/* Keyword values */ initial-letter-align: auto; initial-letter-align: alphabetic; initial-letter-align: hanging; initial-letter-align: ideographic; /* Global values */ initial-letter-align: inherit; initial-letter-align: initial; initial-letter-align: unset;
Syntax
One of the keyword values listed below.
Values
auto
- The user agent selects the value which corresponds to the language of the text. Western languages would default to alphabetic, CJK languages to ideographic, and some Indic languages to hanging.
alphabetic
- As described above, the cap height of the initial letter aligns with the cap height of the first line of text. The baseline of the initial letter aligns with the baseline of the Nth text baseline.
hanging
- The hanging baseline of the initial letter aligns with the hanging baseline of the first line of text.
ideographic
- The initial letter is centered in the N-line area.
Formal definition
Initial value | auto |
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Applies to | ::first-letter pseudo-elements and inline-level first child of a block container |
Inherited | no |
Computed value | as specified |
Animation type | discrete |
Formal syntax
[ auto | alphabetic | hanging | ideographic ]
Examples
Aligning initial letter
HTML
<p class="auto ">Initial letter - auto</p> <p class="alphabetic">Initial letter - alphabetic</p> <p class="hanging">Initial letter - hanging</p> <p class="ideographic">Initial letter - ideographic</p>
CSS
.auto { -webkit-initial-letter-align: auto; initial-letter-align: auto; } .alphabetic { -webkit-initial-letter-align: alphabetic; initial-letter-align: alphabetic; } .hanging { -webkit-initial-letter-align: hanging; initial-letter-align: hanging; } .ideographic { -webkit-initial-letter-align: ideographic; initial-letter-align: ideographic; }
Result
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
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CSS Inline Layout The definition of 'initial-letter-align' in that specification. |
Working Draft | Initial definition |
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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initial-letter-align | Chrome No support No | Edge No support No | Firefox No support No | IE No support No | Opera No support No | Safari No support No | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android No support No | Firefox Android No support No | Opera Android No support No | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android No support No |
Legend
- No support
- No support
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.