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charleski · 11-03-2010, 02:58 PM

I think a slightly more common convention is to use hanging paragraphs.

Code:

.poetry {
  margin-left: 1.5em;
  text-indent: -1.5em
}

See, for instance, the bottom picture here. Of course, some poetry authors have very specific requirements, some of which can't be handled by css2.

11-03-2010, 02:58 PM	#4
charleski Wizard Posts: 1,196 Karma: 1281258 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-505	I think a slightly more common convention is to use hanging paragraphs. Code: .poetry { margin-left: 1.5em; text-indent: -1.5em } See, for instance, the bottom picture here. Of course, some poetry authors have very specific requirements, some of which can't be handled by css2.