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Does CSS text-indent Work in HTML Email?

Support below refers to supporting a `<length>` value only. This does not include the new `each-line` or `hanging` keywords.

Quick Answer

Does text-indent work in HTML email?

The CSS text-indent property is supported in all major email clients tested. You can use it with confidence in your HTML emails.

Which Email Clients Support CSS text-indent?

CSS support for text-indent across email clients

Email ClientDesktopMobile / WebNotes
Gmail~ Partial~ Partial
Outlook (Windows)✓ Yes?
Outlook (Mac / Web)✓ Yes✓ Yes
Apple Mail✓ Yes✓ Yes
Yahoo! Mail~ Partial~ Partial
Samsung Email?✓ Yes
Thunderbird✓ Yes?
ProtonMail✓ Yes✓ Yes
Fastmail✓ Yes?

Notes

  • #1 Partial. Negative values are not supported.
  • #2 Partial. Hard-coded negative values are not supported, but negative values as a result of the `calc()` function are supported.

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