<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"> <html> <head> <title>::first-letter pseudo-element</title> <style type="text/css">p:first-letter { font-size : xx-large ; background-color : lime }</style> <link rel="first" href="css3-modsel-1.html" title="Groups of selectors"> <link rel="prev" href="css3-modsel-38.html" title="::first-line pseudo-element"> <link rel="next" href="css3-modsel-39a.html" title="::first-letter pseudo-element with ::before pseudo-element"> <link rel="last" href="css3-modsel-d5e.html" title="NEGATED :indeterminate with :checked"> <link rel="up" href="./index.html"> <link rel="top" href="../../index.html"> </head> <body> <p>This very long paragraph should have a big first letter with green background.</p> </body> </html>