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@Section
@Title { Drop capitals }
@Tag { dropcaps }
@Begin
@PP
There are two symbols for producing drop capitals, {@Code "@DropCapTwo"}
drop.cap.two.sym @Index @Code "@DropCapTwo"
drop.cap.three.sym @Index @Code "@DropCapThree"
and {@Code "@DropCapThree"}. Place the capital to be dropped just
before the symbol, and the rest of the paragraph after it:
@ID @OneRow @Code {
"I @DropCapTwo {"
"t is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man"
"in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
"}"
}
produces the object
@ID 3i @Wide {
I @DropCapTwo {
t is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man
in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
}
}
@Code "@DropCapThree" is the same except that the capital is larger
and spreads over three lines.
@PP
Because Lout occasionally gets the height of the enlarged capital
slightly wrong, there is a @Code "height" option which allows you
to change the height if you need to:
@ID @OneRow @Code {
"H @DropCapTwo height { 1.5v }"
"{"
" ..."
"}"
}
This shows the default value for the height of the capital in
{@Code "@DropCapTwo"}: 1.5 times the current inter-line
spacing. The default height in @Code "@DropCapThree" is {@Code "2.5v"}.
@PP
These symbols produce an object which may appear anywhere in the
usual way. A paragraph symbol will be needed after the paragraph. The
paragraph breaking style of the body of the paragraph will be
{@Code "adjust nohyphen"}; this cannot be changed at present.
@End @Section
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