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jackwoe · 05-24-2013, 09:51 PM

Hi all,

In some books, the first line in every chapter is formatted differently. Is this possible in epub? I know there is some (at least semi) standard CSS element for this, :first-line, but I was unable to find any references to it being used in epub.

Some books have the first three words different (and I suppose that's easy enough to format) while others have roughly half the line in italics. Is that possible at all automatically?

If you want to look at a real book with this kind of formatting, you can look at The Ruby Knight by David Eddings. There each chapter starts with a drop cap and the first three (four if short) words in small caps. There's also ornamentation.

05-24-2013, 09:51 PM	#1
jackwoe Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2013 Device: PocketBook Basic (613)	Making some % of first line different in new chapters? Hi all, In some books, the first line in every chapter is formatted differently. Is this possible in epub? I know there is some (at least semi) standard CSS element for this, :first-line, but I was unable to find any references to it being used in epub. Some books have the first three words different (and I suppose that's easy enough to format) while others have roughly half the line in italics. Is that possible at all automatically? If you want to look at a real book with this kind of formatting, you can look at The Ruby Knight by David Eddings. There each chapter starts with a drop cap and the first three (four if short) words in small caps. There's also ornamentation.