Re: [Groff] Initials: Help appreciated

[Peter Schaffter]

On Thu, Feb 24, 2011, Patrik Schindler wrote:
> >The mom macros have a fairly sophisticated dropcap mechanism based
> >on the number of lines to drop the cap plus the cap-height of
> >running text.  You might want to study it for ideas.
> 
> 
> Thank you! May I ask for a hint, for which command to look? Can't
> find anything in the docs on the first look.

>From within the directory holding the mom docs

  goodies.html#dropcap

The macro itself, with minimal arguments, is

  .DROPCAP <letter> <number of lines>

with support macros for adjusting the family, font, size, color, and
gutter.

-- 
Peter Schaffter

Author of The Binbrook Caucus
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