Idris Samawi Hamid wrote:
\TextDroppedCaps In general, Baroque letterforms appear more
\noindenting \TextD.... or replace this in supp-fun.tex \def\DroppedCaps#1#2#3#4#5#6#7% does not yet handle accented chars {\convertargument #7\to\asciia \convertcommand \DroppedString\to\asciib \ExpandBothAfter\doifinstringelse\asciia\asciib {\noindenting \dontleavehmode %\ifhmode\hskip-\parindent\fi % sensitive for context mechanism \keeplinestogether{#6}% \setbox0\hbox{\definedfont[#2 at #3]#1{#7}\hskip#4}% \ifdim\dp0>\strutdp % one of those Q's , will be option \setbox2\hbox{\raise\dp0\hbox{\lower\strutdp\copy0}}% \ht2\ht0 \dp0\strutdp \setbox0\box2 \fi \setbox0\hbox {\ifnum\DropMode=\plusone \hskip-\wd0\wd0\zeropoint \fi \lower#5\box0}% \ht0\strutht \dp0\strutdp \ifnum\DropMode=\plusone \globaldropcaps\let\DroppedIndent\!!zeropoint \globaldropcaps\edef\DroppedLines{\number\maxdimen}% \globaldropcaps\chardef\DroppedStatus\plusthree \else \globaldropcaps\edef\DroppedIndent{\the\wd0}% \globaldropcaps\edef\DroppedLines {\number#6}% \globaldropcaps\chardef\DroppedStatus\plustwo \globaldropcaps\hangindent\DroppedIndent \globaldropcaps\hangafter-\DroppedLines \noindent \hskip-\DroppedIndent \fi \vbox{\forgetall\box0}% \nobreak \let\next\ignorespaces} % Could be a one character word ! {\globaldropcaps\let\DroppedIndent\!!zeropoint \globaldropcaps\edef\DroppedLines{\number\maxdimen}% \globaldropcaps\chardef\DroppedStatus\plusthree \def\next{#7}}% \let\globaldropcaps\global \next} btw, another way is: \setupinitial [n=3, distance=.125em, font=SansBold] % or: \definefontsynonym[Initial][SansBold] \setupinitial[state=start] \placeinitial \input tufte (and there is taco's lettrines module) Hans