Whatever was meant, here is an attempt using first-line. http://www.satzansatz.de/cssd/dropit/tablefirstline.html
It's not necessarily what one would call a "simpler solution", though, and Opera has some problems. It requires px-fixed font-size. I'd go for the solution of Michael to have an div to style on. Ingo -- http://www.satzansatz.de/css.html ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/