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Originally Posted by Doitsu
There are many websites with CSS dropcaps tutorials, for example, this one. However, this method is rather labor intensive, since you'll most likely have to adjust the values for each letter image.
Most ePub designers simply embed special dropcap fonts and apply them to the first letter of a chapter via CSS. If you search the epub forum you'll find many ready-made CSS examples that you can copy and paste.
One good example, is Jerome, Jerome K.: Three Men in a Boat, which uses both images and embedded fonts as dropcaps. |
Well, as always...
The big problem is, getting them to work across all devices. Some readers will honor the placement, some, not so much. The vertical spacing is usually the tricky bit; the horizontal placement usually works best. If at all possible, if you can remotely use real letters instead, I'd personally recommend it, but...if it's an experiment, and you just want to play with it, it's a worthwhile exercise. :-)
Hitch