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HTML

<p>The first character of this paragraph will be 52px big
as defined in the CSS rule above. Rest of the
characters in this paragraph will remain normal. This example 
shows how to use :first-letter pseduo element to give effect to
the first characters  of any HTML element.</p>


<p>The first character of this paragraph will be 52px big
as defined in the CSS rule above. Rest of the
characters in this paragraph will remain normal. This example 
shows how to use :first-letter pseduo element to give effect to
the first characters  of any HTML element.</p>

CSS

p{ width:300px; border:1px solid #000;}
p:first-letter
{font-size:52px;color:#8A2BE2;font-weight:bold;float: left;margin-top:4px;}