ol i { font-style: italic ; color: #990000 }
dl i { font-style: oblique ; font-variant: small-caps }
will produce different kinds of italics
and will leave them normal elsewhere
p.led:first-line { font-variant: small-caps }
When the paragraph is in led style, you'll get a first line that's small caps and then the rest of it will be normal.
p.dc:first-letter { font: 300% ; float: left ; vertical-align: text-top }
When a paragraph is in dc style, you'll get a drop cap (as long as the browser is cooperating). Note that you can also do other things with the first character.