Question

How can i style the first letter of the first paragraph in this code, without using “:nth-of-type” pseudo selectors?

<div id="content-wrapper">
<div id="breadcrumbs">
<ul>
<li><a href="">Link</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<article>
<section>
<h2>Page Name</h2>
<h3>Title</h3>
<p>Here, i'd like to style the first letter here</p>
</section>
</article>
</div>

Answer 1

If you’re trying to support older versions of IE, I’m afraid you’re going to have to wrap the first letter in a <span> tag and style it that way.

<p><span class="letter">H</span>ere, i'd like to style the first letter here</p>

Or if your content is dynamic, you could use jQuery to wrap the first letter in a <span>, and the style will then be applied.

text = $('p').html();
first = $('<span>'+text.charAt(0)+'</span>').addClass('letter');
$('p').html(text.substring(1)).prepend(first);

Hope this helps.