Roman Number marker for List Items

To set roman number marker for the list items in a list using CSS, set list-style-type property for the list with the upper-roman or lower-roman value as shown in the following.

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ol {
  list-style-type: upper-roman;
}
/* or */
ol {
  list-style-type: lower-roman;
}

Examples

1. Lower roman numbers as marker for list items

In the following example, we take an ordered list and specify lower-roman as list item marker for the items.

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <style>
    ol {
      list-style-type: lower-roman;
    }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <ol>
    <li>Apple</li>
    <li>Banana</li>
    <li>Cherry</li>
    <li>Mango</li>
  </ol>
</body>
</html>

2. Upper roman numbers as marker for list items

In the following example, we take an ordered list and specify upper-roman as list item marker for the items.

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <style>
    ol {
      list-style-type: upper-roman;
    }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <ol>
    <li>Apple</li>
    <li>Banana</li>
    <li>Cherry</li>
    <li>Mango</li>
  </ol>
</body>
</html>

Conclusion

In this CSS Tutorial, we learned how to use CSS list-style-type property to set roman numbers as marker for list items, with examples.