<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>text-align: start, direction: ltr</title> <link rel='author' title='Richard Ishida' href='mailto:ishida@w3.org'> <link rel='help' href='https://drafts.csswg.org/css-text-3/#text-align-property'> <link rel='match' href='reference/text-align-start-ref-002.html'> <meta name="assert" content="text-align:start aligns inline-level content to the start edge of the line box – ie. left when direction is horizontal, ltr."> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/fonts/ahem.css"> <style type='text/css'> .test { text-align: start; direction: ltr; } /* the CSS below is not part of the test */ .test, .ref { border: 1px solid orange; margin: 20px; width: 300px; color: orange; font: 25px/1 Ahem; } .ref { text-align: left; } </style> </head> <body> <div id='instructions'>Test passes if the shading in both orange boxes looks the same.</div> <div style="direction: rtl;"> <div class="test">TESTI</div> <div class="ref">REFER</div> </div> </body> </html>