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diff --git a/doc/user/bas_drop b/doc/user/bas_drop new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0978123 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/user/bas_drop @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +@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 |