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Revision as of 23:45, 16 August 2022


\placeinitial

Summary

Initials (also known as drop caps, dropped caps, or versals) can be made in ConTeXt using the \placeinitial command detailed here.

See \setupinitial for customization.

Settings

\placeinitial[...]
[...]name

Description

Examples

basics

\definepapersize[sheet][width=120mm,height=60mm]
\setuppapersize[sheet]
\setuppagenumbering[location=]
\setuplayout[width=100mm,backspace=15mm,topspace=0mm,header=0mm,headerdistance=0mm,footer=0mm,footerdistance=0mm]

\starttext

\placeinitial
\input knuth

\stoptext

Short Paragraphs

When the first paragraph does not take up the entire height of the drop-cap, use the \forgetinitial command to indicate when the drop-cap ends.

\enableexperiments[autoforgetinitials]
\setupinitial[n=2, style=\tfd, location=text]
\setuphead[chapter][after={\placeinitial}]

\starttext
\chapter

Short paragraph \par

\forgetinitial \input tufte

\stoptext
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Notes

See also

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