I want drop caps in first sentence of first paragraph in each chapter, both for Epub and print. How to do this? I can’t even find a drop cap option. Is it possible?
Hi.@AmberV posted a detailed explanation a good while back. (Say 3 years ago or so.)
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I would like to use drop cap in epub.
I tried both versions in custom css:
.heading-1 + p::first-letter { font-size: 200%;}
.heading-2 + p::first-letter { font-size: 3rem;}
I use amend custom stylesheet
This to achieve the result like:
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But, to no avail.
Is it the syntax that is wrong, or is it not possible?
Anyone?
I can tell you how I would do it:
[code]\usepackage{lettrine}
\lettrine[lines=3,findent=0.5em,nindent=0pt]{T}{he word processor}, that staple of writers’ tools…
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Result:
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[size=80]It’s not quite the right look for the manual, I think, but I could be happy with that result![/size]
It took me five minutes to look that up, download the letterine documentation and type in an example that looked good to my eyes; very easy! Granted, it may take one more than a few hours to learn L…
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