# Dropcaps in Discourse - cannot override span tag

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/dropcaps-in-discourse-cannot-override-span-tag/66477>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [Juillet 20, 2017, 12:29 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dropcaps-in-discourse-cannot-override-span-tag/66477 "2017-07-20T00:29:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![cpradio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cpradio/32/4970_2.png) [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\
**Post date:** [Juillet 20, 2017, 10:30 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dropcaps-in-discourse-cannot-override-span-tag/66477/6 "2017-07-20T10:30:26Z")

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That isn’t how you do it. You now do the following:  
[https://github.com/cpradio/discourse-plugin-checklist/blob/master/assets/javascripts/lib/discourse-markdown/checklist.js.es6#L102-L108](https://github.com/cpradio/discourse-plugin-checklist/blob/master/assets/javascripts/lib/discourse-markdown/checklist.js.es6#L102-L108)

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