style first character of a paragraph using jquery

Question

i\'m looking for a way to style the first character in a paragraph. I\'ve used this function to return the first character

var x= $(\".about p:eq(0)\").text(         


        

Answer 1

Use CSS first-letter selector

p::first-letter {
    color: #FF69B4;
}

This will select and style the first letter of every

element. JS Fiddle Demo