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Figure 1.18. Internet Explorer includes punctuation in first-letter styles

AccordingtotheCSSPseudo-elementsModuleLevel 4 specification,^10 punctuation

thatimmediatelyprecedesorsucceedsthefirstletterorcharactershouldbeincluded;

however,thespecificationisunclearaboutwhetherthisalsoappliestogenerated

punctuation.^11

Browser Bugs When Using ::first-letter

Forthemostpart,::first-letterworksasexpectedacrossbrowsers.Aswithany

CSSfeature,therearesomeedgecasesandbrowserbugsofwhichtobeaware.

InFirefox 39 andearlier,somepunctuationcharacterscauseFirefoxtoignorea

::first–letterrulesetaltogether:

• (dash)
  $ (dollarsign)
  ^ (caret)

(^10) http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-pseudo-4/#first-letter-pseudo
(^11) Thespecificationactuallyusesthephrase“typographicletterunit.”ThisincludesUnicodeletters
andnumbers,butalsocharactersusedinEastAsianandMiddleEasternwritingsystems.
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