Why do my list item bullets overlap floating elements

Question

I have an (XHTML Strict) page where I float an image alongside regular paragraphs of text. All goes well, except when a list is used instead of paragraphs. The bullets of th

Answer 1

After fighting with this interesting issue in several projects, and investigating why it happens, I finally believe I found both: a working and 'responsive' solution.

Here is the magic trick, live example: http://jsfiddle.net/superKalo/phabbtnx/

ul {
    list-style: none;
    position: relative;
    padding-left: 0; /* remove any left padding */
    margin-left: 0; /* remove any left margin */
    left: 35px;
}
li {
    padding-left: 0; /* remove any left padding */
    margin-left: 0; /* remove any left margin */
    text-indent: -19px; /* adjust as much as needed */
}
li:before {
    content: '•\00a0\00a0\00a0';
    color: #000; /* bonus: you can customize the bullet color */
}