[pdurrant]

Not a PM, as it may be of interest generally.

There are several ways to do a drop cap. If you book is formatted just right, it can be done just with CSS, but setting it up is tricky.

So, a simple two-step drop cap tutorial:

1. In Sigil Book View, go to the paragraph you want to have a drop cap. Now switch to code view. Find the paragraph and add the following around the first letter of the paragraph, in this example, an H.

<span class="dropcap">H</span>

2. Now look up at the top of the file in code view. Find the lines that say

<style type="text/css">
/*<![CDATA[*/

and immediately after them add the following

span.dropcap { float:left; font-size: 4.7em; line-height:0.8em; margin-right: 3pt; margin-bottom: -0.1em; }

Switch back to book view. Ta da!

Add the <span class="dropcap"></span> to all the letters at the start of paragraphs where you want a drop cap.

You might need to tweak the values for font-size, line-height and margin-bottom to get the effect you want. The Sigil book view may not show exactly how it'll appear in ADE, but it's pretty close.

I've added a sample Sigil file showing the drop cap in action.

Originally Posted by Croker

As an aside - and without wishing to derail this thread - if anyone can explain in layman's terms how I can easily add drop caps to my ePubs, please drop me a PM and let me know!