<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="hi"> <head> <style> @font-face { font-family: lohit; src: url(../fonts/ttf-indic/lohit_hi.ttf); } body { font-family: lohit; } span.fake-first-letter { color: red; } </style> <title>Devanagari first-letter 2</title> </head> <body> <p><span class="fake-first-letter">स्थि</span>ति</p> </body> </html>