Re: [libreoffice-users] Drop Caps Character Style in Writer
Hi :) Drop Caps pre-dates printing and wikipedia shows an example c.200 on papyrus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial but i found this link easier to make sense of http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2012/04/03/drop-caps-historical-use-and-current-best-practices/ Apparently in the early days of printing they would leave a space for the letter and an illustrator could be hired to carefully create the letter after the book had been printed and sold! Some were a lot more ornate than others! In web-design we sometimes do roughly the same nowadays with that first letter being an image that the text wraps around. Of course it's a lot easier nowadays and it's easier to replace the image if it looks a bit wrong and tehre are other ways of doing it. Regards from Tom :) > > From: webmaster-Kracked_P_P >To: users@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Sunday, 27 January 2013, 21:27 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Drop Caps Character Style in Writer > >On 01/27/2013 03:35 PM, Brian Barker wrote: >> At 14:07 27/01/2013 -0500, Kevin O'Brien wrote: >>> I was working on understanding Character Styles in Writer, and it seems >>> mostly straightforward. But I noticed that the Drop Caps style does not >>> seem to do anything at all. Is that a bug or am I misunderstanding >>> something here? >> >> I'm guessing here, but I think I can see its usefulness. You set drop caps >> as a property of your paragraph or paragraph style, of course. You may not >> wish the dropped cap to have the same character style as the rest of the >> paragraph text. So the Drop Caps tab of the Paragraph or Paragraph Style >> dialogue gives you the opportunity to select a separate character style to >> be applied to the dropped caps themselves. I'm guessing that the Drop Caps >> character style is provided as a convenient style to use for this purpose: >> you can select it in the paragraph or paragraph style properties and then >> set the character properties that you want in the Drop Caps character style. >> >> You could alternatively create your own character style(s), of course. But >> that's true of all the predefined styles. >> >> I trust this helps. >> >> Brian Barker > >I have seen this done with books. the take the first character of the first >paragraph of a chapter and use a larger or different font style of character. >They have been doing this thing since the early days of printing. Some people >call this "type" of thing "illumination" or something like that. Many times >the that first character is in color or some really fancy font style [as we >call it now]. > >There are some really interesting things that can be done with Writer and its >font/text styling, but I know only a few of them. > >Sometimes it is easier for me to do it with graphic images or changing the >font, but sometimes it is harder that way. > >-- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org >Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > > > > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Drop Caps Character Style in Writer
On 01/27/2013 03:35 PM, Brian Barker wrote: At 14:07 27/01/2013 -0500, Kevin O'Brien wrote: I was working on understanding Character Styles in Writer, and it seems mostly straightforward. But I noticed that the Drop Caps style does not seem to do anything at all. Is that a bug or am I misunderstanding something here? I'm guessing here, but I think I can see its usefulness. You set drop caps as a property of your paragraph or paragraph style, of course. You may not wish the dropped cap to have the same character style as the rest of the paragraph text. So the Drop Caps tab of the Paragraph or Paragraph Style dialogue gives you the opportunity to select a separate character style to be applied to the dropped caps themselves. I'm guessing that the Drop Caps character style is provided as a convenient style to use for this purpose: you can select it in the paragraph or paragraph style properties and then set the character properties that you want in the Drop Caps character style. You could alternatively create your own character style(s), of course. But that's true of all the predefined styles. I trust this helps. Brian Barker I have seen this done with books. the take the first character of the first paragraph of a chapter and use a larger or different font style of character. They have been doing this thing since the early days of printing. Some people call this "type" of thing "illumination" or something like that. Many times the that first character is in color or some really fancy font style [as we call it now]. There are some really interesting things that can be done with Writer and its font/text styling, but I know only a few of them. Sometimes it is easier for me to do it with graphic images or changing the font, but sometimes it is harder that way. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Drop Caps Character Style in Writer
At 14:07 27/01/2013 -0500, Kevin O'Brien wrote: I was working on understanding Character Styles in Writer, and it seems mostly straightforward. But I noticed that the Drop Caps style does not seem to do anything at all. Is that a bug or am I misunderstanding something here? I'm guessing here, but I think I can see its usefulness. You set drop caps as a property of your paragraph or paragraph style, of course. You may not wish the dropped cap to have the same character style as the rest of the paragraph text. So the Drop Caps tab of the Paragraph or Paragraph Style dialogue gives you the opportunity to select a separate character style to be applied to the dropped caps themselves. I'm guessing that the Drop Caps character style is provided as a convenient style to use for this purpose: you can select it in the paragraph or paragraph style properties and then set the character properties that you want in the Drop Caps character style. You could alternatively create your own character style(s), of course. But that's true of all the predefined styles. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Drop Caps Character Style in Writer
On 01/27/2013 03:10 PM, webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: On 01/27/2013 02:07 PM, Kevin O'Brien wrote: I was working on understanding Character Styles in Writer, and it seems mostly straightforward. But I noticed that the Drop Caps style does not seem to do anything at all. Is that a bug or am I misunderstanding something here? Thanks, What are you trying to do? subscript of a smaller sized character or do the same with a full size character? Uncheck the "Automatic" box next to the "Raise/lower by" box. The full size character will lower the given persentage with the "Subscript" option checked Ah, thank you. All of that was turned off, but your directions showed me how to modify the style to do what I wanted. Regards, -- Kevin B. O'Brien zwil...@zwilnik.com http://google.me/+kevinobrien -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Drop Caps Character Style in Writer
On 01/27/2013 02:07 PM, Kevin O'Brien wrote: I was working on understanding Character Styles in Writer, and it seems mostly straightforward. But I noticed that the Drop Caps style does not seem to do anything at all. Is that a bug or am I misunderstanding something here? Thanks, What are you trying to do? subscript of a smaller sized character or do the same with a full size character? Uncheck the "Automatic" box next to the "Raise/lower by" box. The full size character will lower the given persentage with the "Subscript" option checked. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Drop Caps Character Style in Writer
I was working on understanding Character Styles in Writer, and it seems mostly straightforward. But I noticed that the Drop Caps style does not seem to do anything at all. Is that a bug or am I misunderstanding something here? Thanks, -- Kevin B. O'Brien zwil...@zwilnik.com http://google.me/+kevinobrien -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
