DropCap-Magazine style

We have been reading various magazines..and did you wish you were able to give a similar look to your posts as well.I am refering to the Drop-cap feature whre the first letter drops a few lines.Thanks to Hans for giving us this hack.
Step 0:- SAVE YOUR TEMPLATE
Step 1:- Add the following to your template

.dropcaps
{
float:left;
color: maroon;/*Color of your choice*/
font-size:45px;/*change this of u wanto to span across more lines*/
font-family: “Monotype corsiva”;/*Font of your choice*/
font-weight: bold;
line-height:30px;/*how thick you would like alphabet to be*/
padding-top:0px;
padding-right:5px;
}
Step 2:- Save template
Step-3
In your posts… the first letter must be enclosed as shown here
&ltspan class=”dropcaps”>W&lt/span>e have been various magazines..and did you wish you were able to give a similar look to your posts as well.I am refering to the Drop-cap
for the effects you see in the posts here.IF you really like this and are using this in your blog.. dont forget to say thnks to Hans

4 Replies to “DropCap-Magazine style”

  1. Dear Deepa,
    I´m really totally ignorant about this language so please don´t laugh: in which part of the template shall I paste this code (for drop-cap)?
    thanks!

  2. Hi Marcia..
    You can actually place this anywhere in u r template…
    for u r info..u can paste the Template-code for dropcaps after the
    .post-footer a {
    margin-right: 6px;
    }

    Hope other instrictions are easy for u to follow.. dont hesitate to ask if u have any trouble

  3. Deepa,
    So far everything that I tried following your instructions worked and if this time id doesn´t I´ll let you know. So thanks again and fyi I answered your comment in my blog with a question for you, hope you don´t mind.
    Keep well!

  4. Deepa,
    yes it works. I got a bit confused but then I understood it is only possible to see the effect after publishing the post.
    I tried several fonts but in the end I kept your style 🙂

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