Command/setupinitial

\setupinitial

Summary

The command \setupinitial is used for providing a decorative or ornate first letter to prose at the start of chapters, sections, and so forth.

Settings

\setupinitial[...,...][...=...,...]
[...,...]	name
n	number
m	number
before	command
distance	dimension
hoffset	dimension
voffset	line dimension
style	style command
color	color
font	font
text	text
location	margin text
method	first last auto none

Option	Explanation
n	the number of lines in the paragraph that the initial should occupy. It defaults to 3. Another description can be "line where footline of dropcapital"
m	number of letters to capitalize
before	for example, to insert 2 big space before placement of the initial, before={\blank[2*big]}]
distance	"offsets the following text" or "distance to the following text"
hoffset	shift the initial horizontally, on the "left" (positive value) or on the right (negative value)
voffset	shift the initial vertically, down (positive value) or up (negative value). Value 0pt gives a "top" alignment.
style	style of the initial, for example style=\tex{bfd} for large bold
color	color, for example color=darkred
font	font specification, for example font=Bold at 32pt
location	default is text, but initial can be placed in the margin with location=margin

See also

• \defineinitial placeinitial
• typo-drp.mkiv
• \placeinitial placeinitial

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