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Drop cap trouble

Anonymous
2021-02-17T18:15:48+00:00

Hello,

I have a trouble with drop caps, i.e. everything's ok as long as the drop cap doesn't need to include the " sign, which of course I must include in the drop cap layout.

Here's an example of UNPROBLEMATIC drop cap:

Here's the trouble. The drop cap is too large and thus cut (height set on 2 lines as can be seen). Please note that the drop cap settings are identical. Manually resizing the selection window does not help, it messes up even worse:

I think the issue is the " mark, but no way I can omit it.

Any ideas?

Thank you everybody!

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Suzanne S Barnhill 277.5K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2021-02-17T22:09:03+00:00

Actually, publishing convention does permit omission of an opening quotation mark in a drop cap. That might be the easiest solution. Or add the drop cap with just the initial and then add the quotation mark.

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-02-18T11:34:39+00:00

    Thank You very much Ms. Barnhill, the former solution works just fine (delete the quotation marks then add it back subsequently to capitalization)!

    Wishing You a beautiful day

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