Limiting the number of characters per line with CSS

Question

I have a paragraph of text:

Lorem ipsum lorem ipsum lorem ipsum lorem ipsum lorem ipsum lorem ipsum lorem ipsum lorem ipsum lorem ipsum lorem ipsum          


        

Answer 1

You could do this:
(Note! This is CSS3 and the browser support = good!! )

   p {
    text-overflow: ellipsis; /* will make [...] at the end */
    width: 370px; /* change to your preferences */
    white-space: nowrap; /* paragraph to one line */
    overflow:hidden; /* older browsers */
    }