[JimmyR]

This is based on the King James Bible in the Project Gutenberg archive:
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10

Features of this version:

• Title page from the 1611 First Edition
• 1769 Introduction
• Translators' notes to the reader
• Fast and easy navigation
• Dropcaps for each chapter.
• Inline verses with superscripted verse numbers-- no pilcrows

This is an AZW3 file for the Kindle and tested on the K3, K5 Touch and the PW1 using the default Caecilia font at the minimum line spacing setting.

After trying different approaches, I decided to use images to implement the dropcaps. I know this is frowned upon for various reasons but it seemed to work best with different fonts. I used em units for the image heights and they scale well with varying font sizes. See the last two screen shots to compare at different font sizes.

The dropcaps can easily be disabled in the CSS and the original characters unhidden:

.dropcap {
  display: none;
}

.first {
  display: inline;
}

I used the glyphs from the Goudy Initialen Font which is available here:
http://www.1001fonts.com/goudy-initialen-font.html

This font is free for personal and commercial use.

All the glyph images are the same size so there should be no need for individual styling.

For different fonts and line spacing, adjustments will most likely be necessary. For example, if you are using Caecilia at the medium line spacing setting, use the following CSS:

.dropcap {
  float: left;
  height: 4em;
  margin-top: .5em;
  margin-left: -3px;
}

The first two screen shots are at the minimum and medium line spacing settings respectively.

Epub version here:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...79#post2749679

Version History:

• v1. Original
• v2. Added Different font Glyphs for drop capitals. Cosmetic changes.
• v2.1. Fixed bad/missing chapter index links.

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