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Article #4456Re: troff .DC macro for drop caps, version 2.0
From: David Wolverton
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1988 15:19
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1988 15:19
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I tried the drop-cap macro (version 2.0) that was just posted.
It puts the cap so that the base of the cap is aligned with the
last "indented" line of text, rather than the drop-cap design
I was expecting (top of cap aligned with top of first line of text).
Can someone figure out how to modify the macro to do this? I am
not enough of a troff guru to do it myself.
Example:
n this paragraph,
III the drop-cap is not
I aligned with the top
I line, but rather with
III the bottom line. Is
there a way to fix this
SSSS o that the top of the
S drop-cap is aligned
SSS with the FIRST line
S of the paragraph body?
SSSS I think this makes a
much better-looking
drop-cap design.
Dave Wolverton
AT&T
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!hao!oddjob!gargoyle!ihnp4!homxb!houxs!daw From: daw@houxs.UUCP (David Wolverton) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: troff .DC macro for drop caps, version 2.0 Message-ID: <688@houxs.UUCP> Date: 23 Feb 88 15:19:32 GMT References: <561@agsm.unsw.oz> Organization: AT&T Data Systems Group, Holmdel, NJ Lines: 27 Summary: need help to get a "better" look