[FM Discuss] Using drop-caps in FLOSS Manuals

[adam]

wowsa

i put the css you suggested into objavi and rendered reading and sugar :
http://objavi.flossmanuals.net/books/ReadingandSugar-en-2010.09.24-06.34.29.pdf

coool........

could you use something like:
background-image:url('wallpaper.png');

to make the background more interesting?


also...any chance of a blog post about this when you get some time
James?

adam







On Thu, 2010-09-23 at 16:18 -0500, James Simmons wrote:
> If you checked out the styled pages that the Rural Design Collective
> put together for my book you probably admired the drop caps that begin
> the first paragraph in each chapter.  I though these were done with
> image files but it turns out that you can do this with styles, like
> this:
> 
> p.intro:first-letter {
>    display:block;
>    float:left;
>    border:3px solid #A64942;
>    padding:5px;
>    margin:4px 9px 4px 5px;
>    font-size:73px;
>    background-color: #FAD492;
>    font-style: normal;
>    color: #1C4501;
> }
> 
> You need to make the first <p> tag on the page have a class like this:
> 
> <p class="intro">
> 
> I was able to get the drop caps into my PDF using a custom style
> sheet.  I wanted them to be in my web page as well, so I used a
> <style> tag to add the style at the top of the page.  The results can
> be seen here:
> 
> http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/ReadingandSugar/Introduction
> 
> If you run this through OBJAVI using the default style sheet the
> <style> in the page is ignored when creating a PDF.  You need to use a
> custom style sheet with the drop cap style included.
> 
> While this effect may not be suitable for every FM the book I'm doing
> is about e-books so it's kind of appropriate.  Any thoughts?
> 
> James Simmons
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