The text-indent property

The text-indent property sets an indentation for a text (that is, the indent of the first line). It can be either positive or negative.

The property value is any size units. When specifying a value in %, the indentation will be a percentage of the block width. Default value: 0.

Syntax

selector {
	text-indent: value;
}

Let's indent the first line of each paragraph by 30px:

<p>
	some text...
</p>
<p>
	some text...
</p>

p {
	text-indent: 30px;
	text-align: justify;
}

Let's set text-indent to a negative value:

<p>
	some text...
</p>
<p>
	some text...
</p>

p {
	text-indent: -10px;
	text-align: justify;
}