text-indent : <length> | <percentage> | inherit

p {text-indent: 1cm}
p {text-indent: -3cm}

Defines the amount of indentation for the first line of a block-level element. This paragraph has a positive text indent of 1cm which can be seen if you look at the first word.

Defines the amount of indentation for the first line of a block-level element. This paragraph has a negative text indent of 1cm (and a margin of 3cms) which can be seen if you look at the first word.

• Be careful with negative indents
• Probably need a margin or padding to the left or it will go off the browser page