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CSS Example: Indent

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 CSS Indentation 

Occasionally, authors would like to duplicate the typography convention of a 'first line indent', which is often used in novels. With CSS, this becomes as easy as specifying the following ruleset in your CSS file:

      P.indent { text-indent: 1em; }
	

I have it on good authority that the European convention for first line indents begins, not with the first paragraph after a headline, but with the succeeding paragraph. Therefore, this paragraph has been added to demonstrate the technique.

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