EagleStrike, I'd like to help but as ChopperDave and dissonance point out - it's hard without more information.
You definately want to do this with css. I threw together a sample page with a little stylesheet inline so you can easily view the source. Note the class 'inputtext' is already defined in the stylesheet but it can be overridden (or set) in the input tag as well. Note each field has a different display font as well.
http://www.bspworlds.com/padding.html
Note: CSS is powerful and everyone has their own style. I set this quick example up so you could see a few usages since I don't know how deep into CSS your site will go, nor do I know your coding skill level.
Of course this assumes I understood what you were looking for to start with. My luck I am in left field
. Shoot me a message if you don't want to post your code/information publically and I will try to help more.