# Dropcaps in Discourse - cannot override span tag

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/dropcaps-in-discourse-cannot-override-span-tag/66477>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [20. Juli 2017 um 00:29 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dropcaps-in-discourse-cannot-override-span-tag/66477 "2017-07-20T00:29:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![norandom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/norandom/32/166825_2.png) [@norandom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/norandom)\
**Post date:** [20. Juli 2017 um 00:29 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dropcaps-in-discourse-cannot-override-span-tag/66477/1 "2017-07-20T00:29:23Z")

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Hi,

I have a short question.

I added a CSS class to my theme.

```
.dropcap {
        font-size: 300% !important;
        width: 0.7em !important;
        line-height: 80% !important;
        float: left !important;
        color: #808080 !important;
    }

```

Usually instead of `.dropcap` I would have used `span`. For Discourse that’s not a good idea. The CSS theme editor doesn’t like you to mess with span due to the syntax highlighting.

`<span class="dropcap">I</span>` can use Dropcaps. Not.

The class isn’t usable…

I have stuff in my CSS like

```
.topic-body{
    min-width: 65%;
}

```

Works. But I cannot define new classes? Is there anything I am missing?

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