Calibre changes drop cap on converting epub -> azw3

[increase]

Here is what I finished up using
<span class="first-letter">F</span>

css
.first-letter {
display:block;
float:left;
font-size: 5em;
line-height:0.8em;
color:#bf253c;
font-weight:normal;
}

[deback]

Here's what I use to replace all dropcap codes, since dropcaps are easily screwed up during conversion:

.dropcap {
display: inline;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 2em;
line-height: 0;
}

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by deback

Here's what I use for any dropcaps, since dropcaps are easily screwed up during conversion:

.dropcap {
display: inline;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 2em;
line-height: 0;
}

That's not a dropcap. Plus, on a Kindle, it looks awful. You cannot always do a larger first letter if it's too large so it looks good on a Kindle.

Your code works with ePub, but not KF8/Mobi.

[deback]

I know it's not a dropcap, silly. That's why I said I "replace" all dropcap codes with these codes. It works on ePubs, and that's all I use, so it doesn't matter to me that it doesn't work with Mobi or KF8, which I will never ever use. (I had edited my initial post within seconds to change it from "use" to "replace," so you obviously hadn't refreshed the page before you responded with your usual annoying response.)

[deback]

I just converted one of my ePub files (with the enlarged first letter codes I posted above) to Mobi, and the first letter looks fine in Kindle. It's perfect and looks just like the first letter in the ePub file. So, if I ever decide to read Mobi files, all the enlarged first letters will be perfect, contrary to what JS Wolf said above.