Have you ever used the ::first-letter pseudo selector with font-size to style the first letter of a paragraph and it didn't look right?

Instead of using font-size use this new simple yet useful css property.

The initial-letter property allows you to specify the size of the initial letter, in terms of how many lines it occupies, and the number of lines it should sink.

example:

.dropcap::first-letter {
  color: red;
  initial-letter: 3 3;
  padding: 0px 10px;
}

HTML:

<p class="dropcap">
  Debitis venenatis pretium aliquip do cum labore eum enim! Diam! Class veniam.
  Aliquam facilisi nisi nonummy cupidatat do voluptates diamlorem inceptos dui
  magni parturient dignissimos aute eum consequat.
</p>

Result: