Indent Text with CSS text-indent Property

CSS Web Development Front End Technology

The CSS text-indent property allows us to specify the amount of white space in indenting text.

Example

The following examples illustrate CSS text-indent property.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
p {
   text-indent: 15%;
}
article {
   background-color: darkgray;
   margin: 2%;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<article>
<p>Aliquam neque quam, luctus id turpis id, eleifend condimentum lacus. Proin mattis eros eu convallis eleifend. Ut porttitor efficitur massa.</p>
<p>Nullam nulla dolor, eleifend a viverra ut, semper nec enim. Praesent at ultricies neque. Praesent finibus erat tristique mauris mollis, vitae scelerisque orci lacinia.</p>
</article>
</body>
</html>

Output

This will produce the following result −

Example

Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
p {
   margin: 2%;
   text-indent: 13%;
   border: 2px solid lightgoldenrodyellow;
}
div {
   background-color: sandybrown;
   display: flex;
   flex: 1;
   margin: 4%;
   box-shadow: 0 0 24px rgba(0,0,0,0.6);
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div>
<p>Aliquam neque quam, luctus id turpis id, eleifend condimentum lacus. Proin mattis eros eu convallis eleifend. Ut porttitor efficitur massa.</p>
<p>Nullam nulla dolor, eleifend a viverra ut, semper nec enim. Praesent at ultricies neque. Praesent finibus erat tristique mauris mollis, vitae scelerisque orci lacinia.</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>