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Old 01-10-2009, 10:51 AM   #21
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Originally Posted by Jellby View Post
It's easy to make it drop... but it's not quite "portable", I mean that the exact positioning and size will depend on the font, line height, etc., and what looks fine in some configuration might look terrible (the drop cap overlapping the text, or huge blank spaces) in others. These settings are a compromise, something that is kind of guaranteed that won't look terrible in any configuration, at the cost of not being "perfect" in most of them.
The result is good enough for me. Llasram, Jellby, do you mind much if I use that code for my books with drop caps? Of course, if you find any ameliorations, please lemme know. Thanks bunches, guys. One more solution to a problem.

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