CSS text-indent Property - Playground Example

<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><style type="text/css">body {
  font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
  padding: 2rem;
  line-height: 1.6;
  background: #f5f7fa;
  color: #222;
}

.container {
  max-width: 720px;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

h1 {
  font-size: 1.25rem;
  margin-bottom: 1rem;
}

p {
  margin: 0 0 1rem 0;
}

/* Indent the first line by 2em */
.indent {
  text-indent: 2em;
}

/* Apply text-indent to the first formatted line only */
p.first-line::first-line {
  text-indent: 3em;
  font-weight: 600;
}

/* Hanging indent: negative text-indent and matching left padding */
.hanging {
  text-indent: -1.5em;
  padding-left: 1.5em;
}

/* Percentage-based text indent */
.percent {
  text-indent: 10%;
}</style></head><body><div class="container">
    <h1>CSS text-indent examples</h1>

    <p class="default">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer vitae lacus nec nisl tincidunt consectetur. Curabitur sit amet urna sed justo pharetra convallis.</p>

    <p class="indent">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer vitae lacus nec nisl tincidunt consectetur. Curabitur sit amet urna sed justo pharetra convallis.</p>

    <p class="first-line">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer vitae lacus nec nisl tincidunt consectetur. Curabitur sit amet urna sed justo pharetra convallis.</p>

    <p class="hanging">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer vitae lacus nec nisl tincidunt consectetur. Curabitur sit amet urna sed justo pharetra convallis.</p>

    <p class="percent">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer vitae lacus nec nisl tincidunt consectetur. Curabitur sit amet urna sed justo pharetra convallis.</p>
  </div></body></html>