Thread: CSS DropCap w/o indent
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Old 03-07-2019, 10:21 AM   #18
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Originally Posted by brent63 View Post
I do appreciate your opinion, but in reading a lot of old books that were scanned in for Google books I happen to like the look.

I also see that Gutenberg Press also tries to maintain the look as well.

Thank you.

Brent
I did say it was my personal opinion.
& I have never searched for this, but if there are any reputable studies/surveys as to whether readers WANT dropcaps in their purchased e-books, I'd be interested to see the results. I have seen readability studies only.


but as more and more people read on small screens, my prediction is that they would be down-voted.

and unfortunately there's not likely to be an on/off dropcaps toggle in actual device controls

to me , dropcaps are even less useful than reading that the author has dedicated this one to "Mabel".
Mabel, and her mum, may appreciate it but for the rest of us it's a waste of a page. I think amazon smartly opens a kindle book on the page after that one to reduce complaints


so I will just leave you with " when was the last time you saw a dropcap in an online newspaper " ?
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