text-indent

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Published Jul 23, 2021Updated Oct 31, 2022
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The text-indent leaves empty space on the first line in a text-block.

Syntax

text-indent: <value>;

The amount of indentation can be specified by using percentages or length values (px, em, etc.).

Example 1

Specifying indentation length with percentages:

p {
  text-indent: 20%;
}

Example 2

Specifying indentation length with px and em values:

.div1 p {
  text-indent: 50px;
}


.div2 p {
  text-indent: 2em;
}

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