Adding Indents
You can determine how much space should precede the first line of a paragraph.
Figure 10.29. I added a 1.5 em indent to the p elements (which, since their font size is about 14 pixels, will be an indent of about 21 pixels).
To add indents:
Type text-indent: length, where length is a number with units, as in 1.5em or 18px.
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A positive value creates a typical paragraph indent and serves as a visual clue as to where new paragraphs begin.
A negative value creates a hanging indent. You may need to increase the padding (see page 177) or margins (see page 176) around a text box with a hanging indent in order to accommodate the ...
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