Creating a “Drop-Cap” with CSS

There are allot of magazine style sites out there that use “drop-caps” It is a kind-of old style of writing, but it does give magazine style sites a nice touch.

Below is the HTML and CSS code to make the first letter in a paragraph a “drop-cap”

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CSS Buttons vs Image Rollovers

Often a Website owner decides to “dress up” their menu display by using button graphics instead of plain text links. It’s a great idea to give your navigation more punch, but I recommend you avoid going with image files for your buttons and instead choose a simple CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) layout.

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Refcard: Core CSS part 3

Here is part three of the Core CSS reference cards. I hope that this will help you as much as it has helped me.

Get it right here: Core-css3

Reference Card: Core CSS Part 2

As promised, here is the second part of the Core CSS reference card.

Download it Core Css 2

Reference Card: Core CSS Part 1

Here is another reference card for you: Core CSS part 1. We will be following up this post with parts 2 and 3 soon.

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