First Letter

by benroe

HTML

<p>Entrepreneurs will indulge in the principle that all good work will be rewarded and before finishing this sentence, will have already calculated the cost-benefit of purchasing these items. For those more cash-strapped, you will find the first version of these buttons deep inside the <a target="_blank" href="https://github.com/samcollins/css-social-buttons">crypts of github</a>.</p>

CSS

body {
    color:#312C2A;
    font-family:Georgia,serif;
    text-shadow:0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.75);
}

p { font-size:12px; }

p:first-letter {
    display:block;
    float:left;
    font-size:56px;
    line-height:56px;
    padding:0 10px 0 0;
}