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Asked: June 11, 20262026-06-11T23:11:13+00:00 2026-06-11T23:11:13+00:00

One for all you web designers… I would like to display a character and

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One for all you web designers…

I would like to display a character and indent a paragraph after it – just like in the diagram here:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/43015072/indent.jpg

The trick is, I would like to do this without:

  • Using a table
  • Specifying a div height

The single character is rendered into an icon using an icon font (@font-face). Does anyone have any suggestions about how to go about doing this using only HTML + CSS?

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    2026-06-11T23:11:15+00:00Added an answer on June 11, 2026 at 11:11 pm

    I came out with this:

    p {
        padding-left:20px; /* adjust it to your custom font needings */
        position:relative;
    }
    p:before {
        content: "x";
        font-family:Arial; /* add your custom font here */
        position:absolute;
        left:5px; /* adjust it to your custom font needings */
    }
    

    Live demo


    If you actually need the borders, wrap the text in a span:

    <p><span>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet...</span></p>​
    

    and add this rule:

    p {
        /* same as before */
        border:1px solid red;
    }
    p span {
        display:block;
        border-left:1px solid red;
        padding-left:5px; /* or whatever you want */
    }
    

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