Template:Dropcap - Revision history

Bryan: Fiddling a little with the formatting. Obviously I can't fine-tune this perfectly since display details are up to individual browsers, but if this looks way off for anyone please contact me

2007-08-08T07:29:07Z

Fiddling a little with the formatting. Obviously I can't fine-tune this perfectly since display details are up to individual browsers, but if this looks way off for anyone please contact me

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	<span style="float:left; font-size:~~100px~~; line-height:70px; padding-top:~~2px~~; padding-right:~~5px~~; font-family:serif;">{{{1\|}}}</span><noinclude>		<span style="float:left; font-size:90px; line-height:70px; padding-top:3px; padding-right:2px; font-family: serif;">{{{1\|}}}</span><noinclude>

	<span style="float:left; font-size:~~100px~~; line-height:70px; padding-top:~~2px~~; padding-right:~~5px~~; font-family:serif;">T</span>his template is used to format the first letter of a paragraph (or first word, should you choose to use more than one letter as a parameter) so that it's a "drop cap", ie, an extra-large letter that hangs down so that the rest of the text flows around it. This is a popular decoration for the first paragraph of a story, or the first paragraph of a chapter in the case of very long stories. The template doesn't work so well if you use it in the middle of a paragraph. It's very simple to use, the main reason why this documentation is so long is to provide an example of what the template looks like using a lengthy paragraph to ensure that there are enough lines.		<span style="float:left; font-size:90px; line-height:70px; padding-top:3px; padding-right:2px; font-family: serif;">T</span>his template is used to format the first letter of a paragraph (or first word, should you choose to use more than one letter as a parameter) so that it's a "drop cap", ie, an extra-large letter that hangs down so that the rest of the text flows around it. This is a popular decoration for the first paragraph of a story, or the first paragraph of a chapter in the case of very long stories. The template doesn't work so well if you use it in the middle of a paragraph. It's very simple to use, the main reason why this documentation is so long is to provide an example of what the template looks like using a lengthy paragraph to ensure that there are enough lines.

	To use this template, do the following:		To use this template, do the following:

Bryan: actually, take fantasy out. Too much variability depending on what people have installed on their computers, I suspect.

2007-08-08T00:11:48Z

actually, take fantasy out. Too much variability depending on what people have installed on their computers, I suspect.

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	<span style="float:left; font-size:100px; line-height:70px; padding-top:2px; padding-right:5px; font-family:~~fantasy,~~ serif;">{{{1\|}}}</span><noinclude>		<span style="float:left; font-size:100px; line-height:70px; padding-top:2px; padding-right:5px; font-family:serif;">{{{1\|}}}</span><noinclude>

	<span style="float:left; font-size:100px; line-height:70px; padding-top:2px; padding-right:5px; font-family:~~fantasy,~~ serif;">T</span>his template is used to format the first letter of a paragraph (or first word, should you choose to use more than one letter as a parameter) so that it's a "drop cap", ie, an extra-large letter that hangs down so that the rest of the text flows around it. This is a popular decoration for the first paragraph of a story, or the first paragraph of a chapter in the case of very long stories. The template doesn't work so well if you use it in the middle of a paragraph. It's very simple to use, the main reason why this documentation is so long is to provide an example of what the template looks like using a lengthy paragraph to ensure that there are enough lines.		<span style="float:left; font-size:100px; line-height:70px; padding-top:2px; padding-right:5px; font-family:serif;">T</span>his template is used to format the first letter of a paragraph (or first word, should you choose to use more than one letter as a parameter) so that it's a "drop cap", ie, an extra-large letter that hangs down so that the rest of the text flows around it. This is a popular decoration for the first paragraph of a story, or the first paragraph of a chapter in the case of very long stories. The template doesn't work so well if you use it in the middle of a paragraph. It's very simple to use, the main reason why this documentation is so long is to provide an example of what the template looks like using a lengthy paragraph to ensure that there are enough lines.

	To use this template, do the following:		To use this template, do the following:

Bryan: add serif as a fallback

2007-08-08T00:09:04Z

add serif as a fallback

← Older revision		Revision as of 19:09, 7 August 2007
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	<span style="float:left; font-size:100px; line-height:70px; padding-top:2px; padding-right:5px; font-family:fantasy;">{{{1\|}}}</span><noinclude>		<span style="float:left; font-size:100px; line-height:70px; padding-top:2px; padding-right:5px; font-family:fantasy, serif;">{{{1\|}}}</span><noinclude>

	<span style="float:left; font-size:100px; line-height:70px; padding-top:2px; padding-right:5px; font-family:fantasy;">T</span>his template is used to format the first letter of a paragraph (or first word, should you choose to use more than one letter as a parameter) so that it's a "drop cap", ie, an extra-large letter that hangs down so that the rest of the text flows around it. This is a popular decoration for the first paragraph of a story, or the first paragraph of a chapter in the case of very long stories. The template doesn't work so well if you use it in the middle of a paragraph. It's very simple to use, the main reason why this documentation is so long is to provide an example of what the template looks like using a lengthy paragraph to ensure that there are enough lines.		<span style="float:left; font-size:100px; line-height:70px; padding-top:2px; padding-right:5px; font-family:fantasy, serif;">T</span>his template is used to format the first letter of a paragraph (or first word, should you choose to use more than one letter as a parameter) so that it's a "drop cap", ie, an extra-large letter that hangs down so that the rest of the text flows around it. This is a popular decoration for the first paragraph of a story, or the first paragraph of a chapter in the case of very long stories. The template doesn't work so well if you use it in the middle of a paragraph. It's very simple to use, the main reason why this documentation is so long is to provide an example of what the template looks like using a lengthy paragraph to ensure that there are enough lines.

	To use this template, do the following:		To use this template, do the following:

Bryan: Template for putting a dropcap at the front of a story

2007-08-07T23:56:44Z

Template for putting a dropcap at the front of a story

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<span style="float:left; font-size:100px; line-height:70px; padding-top:2px; padding-right:5px; font-family:fantasy;">{{{1|}}}</span><noinclude>

<span style="float:left; font-size:100px; line-height:70px; padding-top:2px; padding-right:5px; font-family:fantasy;">T</span>his template is used to format the first letter of a paragraph (or first word, should you choose to use more than one letter as a parameter) so that it's a "drop cap", ie, an extra-large letter that hangs down so that the rest of the text flows around it. This is a popular decoration for the first paragraph of a story, or the first paragraph of a chapter in the case of very long stories. The template doesn't work so well if you use it in the middle of a paragraph. It's very simple to use, the main reason why this documentation is so long is to provide an example of what the template looks like using a lengthy paragraph to ensure that there are enough lines.

To use this template, do the following:

<nowiki>{{dropcap|F}}irst line of the story.</nowiki>

Don't put a space between the end of the template and the rest of the word.
</noinclude>