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Apply the `lead` style to any paragraph, and it will render using a larger font size.
The lead style is assigned to the <<user-manual#role,role attribute>>.
You can set `role` using the long- or shorthand method.

.Setting role using shorthand (`.`) and assigning it the lead value
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include::ex-text.adoc[tag=lead]
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.Rendered lead paragraph
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include::ex-text.adoc[tag=lead]
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When you convert a document to HTML using the default stylesheet, the first paragraph of the preamble is automatically styled as a lead paragraph.
To disable this behavior, assign any role to the first paragraph.

.Disabling the automatic lead paragraph styling
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include::ex-text.adoc[tag=no-lead]
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The presence of the custom role tells the CSS not to style it as a lead paragraph.