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Old 12-26-2024, 02:52 PM   #254
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Originally Posted by Falkor View Post
1. I don't know if initial-letter is in the epub3 spec. Yet plenty of software supports it.

2. Decorative initials have been around for many centuries and all of a sudden they have become "publisher ego"?

3. Plenty of ePubs do use drop caps. They're not exactly uncommon. So yes, I think this feature is needed.

4. Using or not using drop caps is a choice. Even if you don't agree when someone chooses to set a book with drop caps, the initial-letter property could make it easier to remove them, because it's just one setting that needs to be overriden. That could be a feature of the eReader device or software. Although I guess it may be a better approach to simply ignore ::first-letter entirely…
Most ePub that I have seen do not use large first letter or drop cap.

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