DevGuru CSS2: text-indent

PROPERTY: text-indent

text-indent : length | percentage

Compatibility: IE4+ N4+
Version: Level 1
Inherited: Yes

The text-indent property indents the first line of text to the right or left by the specified length or percentage. If the length or percentage is a negative number, the line is indented to the left. A positive number indents to the right.

length

The length value can be in any of the following seven units. Use the abbreviation.

Length	Abbrev.
centimeters	cm
ems	em
inches	in
millimeters	mm
picas	pc
pixels	px
points	pt

percentage

The percentage value is based upon the total width being defined as 100%.

Code:
p { text-indent: 0.5in; }
p { text-indent: -15pc; }
p { text-indent: 24pt; }
p { text-indent: 5.5%; }
p { text-indent: -8%; }

or

pone { text-indent: 25px; }
...
<p>
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Output:

We are a premier developers' resource featuring over three thousand pages containing comprehensive quick reference guides, tutorials, knowledge base articles, and useful products to serve a wide range of developers' needs.