I was annoyed that long lines in poems, when they broke, would look like a new line, I was using br tags.
Then it dawned on me how to get the broken bit to indent. Just do this:
Then it dawned on me how to get the broken bit to indent. Just do this:
Code:
p.poem {
text-indent: -1em;
margin-left: 1em;
}Code:
<p class="poem">This is a poetry line</p>
<p class="poem">This is a long long long poetry line</p>
<p class="poem">This is an long long even longer long poetry line</p>
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