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Woodssi · 07-27-2022, 03:48 AM

Hello Helpers,
I'm editing a book presently (purely for my own OCD purposes...) which has the main character read a letter within one of the chapters.
In order to differentiate the letter (again, purely my choice) I was looking to indent the text by 1em.
The letter runs over two paragraphs, about 10 lines of text in each.

I use <p class="Letter"> in the main, as opposed to <p class="Text"> for all the other lines.

In the css, when I use text-indent: 1em this only seems to affect the FIRST line, and none of the remaining...
I also tried margin-left: 1em , but this also doesn't seem to be correct.

Can anyone advise what correct, or the most effective way to do this would be?

Much obliged, as per usual.

07-27-2022, 03:48 AM	#1
Woodssi Enthusiast Posts: 45 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Barrhead, Scotland Device: Kindle Paperwhite (2)	Indent, Margin or other? Hello Helpers, I'm editing a book presently (purely for my own OCD purposes...) which has the main character read a letter within one of the chapters. In order to differentiate the letter (again, purely my choice) I was looking to indent the text by 1em. The letter runs over two paragraphs, about 10 lines of text in each. I use <p class="Letter"> in the main, as opposed to <p class="Text"> for all the other lines. In the css, when I use text-indent: 1em this only seems to affect the FIRST line, and none of the remaining... I also tried margin-left: 1em , but this also doesn't seem to be correct. Can anyone advise what correct, or the most effective way to do this would be? Much obliged, as per usual.