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Old 09-08-2012, 07:12 PM   #44
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Originally Posted by Oldpilot View Post
I have to admit that I am tiring of drop-caps and probably won't use them in future e-books (though I will in print editions).

And in response to the question of how to define where drop-caps won't work: they won't work in KF7. That's the format that goes to the (diminishing proportion) of traditional Kindle readers, as opposed to the Fire and its sistren. A mobi file on the Amazon store contains both a KF7 and a KF8 book, and it delivers the requisite one to the device or app the customer selects for delivery.
Well, I thought that this discussion had been had, but: no, of course not, drops don't work in K7, but with nominal media-query coding (and, actually, you can make this work sans media queries) you can use a fallback styling of a Raised Initial. K7 doesn't have float, which is needed for drops. {Shrug}. I don't think every book needs a drop--but I do like some type of incipit for the first line, whether it's smallcaps, bold, whatever. Of course, that's just personal taste, but our clients rather like it.

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