Is it possible to specify a starting number for an ordered list?

Question

I have a ordered list where I would like the initial number to be 6. I found that this was supported (now deprecated) in HTML 4.01. In this specification they say that you c

Answer 1

Via HTML, using the start attribute

An integer to start counting from for the list items. Always an Arabic numeral (1, 2, 3, etc.), even when the numbering type is letters or Roman numerals. For example, to start numbering elements from the letter "d" or the Roman numeral "iv," use start="4".

  
Ten
  
Eleven
  
Twelve

Via CSS, using CSS counters:

CSS counters let you adjust the appearance of content based on its location in a document. For example, you can use counters to automatically number the headings in a webpage. Counters are, in essence, variables maintained by CSS whose values may be incremented by CSS rules to track how many times they're used.

ol {
  list-style: none;
  counter-reset: li 9; /* syntax: "counter name" "init value" */
}

ol li:before {
  counter-increment: li; /* for every appearance, add one */
  content: counter(li) ". "; /* mimic default ol list-style */
}

  
Ten
  
Eleven
  
Twelve