[Nabodita]

Originally Posted by AlexBell

For what it is worth here is what I use to float text round a drop cap image:

CSS
div.illustrationL {
margin: 0; padding: 0 0.25em 0 0;
/* border: 1px solid black; */
width: 33%;
float: left;
}
div.illustrationL img {
border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;
width: 100%;
display: inline;
} /* With thanks to Elizabeth Castro */


HTML
<div class="illustrationL">
<img src="images/ch01cap.jpg"
alt="alt text"/>
</div>

It works and validates, and is taken from Elizabeth Castro's HTML, XHTML, and CSS from Peach Pit Press.

You just saved my sanity. Thank you!