This attribute can be used to indent the text. In simple word to move the text by some distance away from the border. It can also be termed as a big marginal space It takes the following values. a)cm : The indent can be set in centimeter as 1cm or 2cm etc ... b)px : The indent can be set in pixels as 1px or 10px etc ... c)pt : The indent can be set in points as 1pt or 10pt etc ... d)% : The indent can be set in percent as 10% or 5% etc ...
Example 1:
<div style="text-indent: 1cm;">testing text indent</div>
Result:
testing text indent
Example 2:
<div style="text-indent: 20px;"> testing text indent line 1<br> testing text indent line 2 </div>
Result:
testing text indent line 1 testing text indent line 2
Example 3:
<div style="text-indent: 40pt;">testing text indent</div>