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HTML

<span class="Spaced"><span class="FirstLetter">A</span>nnouncements</span>

CSS

.FirstLetter
{
    color:White;
    background:Blue;
    border:1px black solid;
    padding-top:10px;
    padding-left:10px;
}

.Spaced
{
    letter-spacing: 5px;
}