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Another description can be "shift the initial vertically, down (positive value) or up (negative value). Value 0pt gives a "top" alignment, i.e. corresponding with the first line of the paragraph.</cd:paramdoc>
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<cd:assignmentsdoc></cd:assignmentsdoc>
<cd:parameter name="n">
<cd:paramdoc>the number of lines in the paragraph that the initial should occupy. It defaults to 3. Another description The size of the initial is adapted accordingly, but it can be "line where footline of dropcapitalchanged with font parameter."</cd:paramdoc>
<cd:constant type="cd:number"></cd:constant>
</cd:parameter>
</cd:parameter>
<cd:parameter name="distance">
<cd:paramdoc>is the horizontal distance which initial line(s) of the paragraph should be indented beyond the space needed for the letter. It defaults to 0pt, and it can be negative. Another description can be "offsets the following text", or "distance to the following text"</cd:paramdoc>
<cd:constant type="cd:dimension"></cd:constant>
</cd:parameter>
<cd:parameter name="hoffset">
<cd:paramdoc>is the distance to the left (into the left margin) , or to the right, that the initial should be shifted from its default position. This defaults to 0pt. Another description can be "shift the initial horizontally, on the left (positive value) or on the right (negative value)"</cd:paramdoc>
<cd:constant type="cd:dimension"></cd:constant>
</cd:parameter>
<cd:parameter name="voffset">
<cd:paramdoc>is the distance downward , or upward (negative value), from its default position that the initial should be shifted. This defaults to 0pt.
<cd:constant default="yes" type="line"></cd:constant>
<cd:constant type="cd:dimension"></cd:constant>
</cd:parameter>
<cd:parameter name="style">
<cd:paramdoc>style of the initial, for example <code>style=\tex{bfd}it</code> for large bolditalic.</cd:paramdoc>
<cd:constant type="cd:style"></cd:constant>
<cd:constant type="cd:command"></cd:constant>
</cd:parameter>
<cd:parameter name="color">
<cd:paramdoc>which defaults to the current color, for example <code>color=darkred</code>. It defaults to the current color </cd:paramdoc>
<cd:constant type="cd:color"></cd:constant>
</cd:parameter>
<cd:parameter name="font">
<cd:paramdoc>font specification which . It defaults to boldface scaled to the number of text lines that the initial occupies, but can be customized, for example : <code>font=Bold at 32pt</code>.</cd:paramdoc>
<cd:constant type="cd:font"></cd:constant>
</cd:parameter>
</cd:parameter>
<cd:parameter name="method">
<cd:paramdoc>no idea..to be determined.</cd:paramdoc>
<cd:constant type="first"></cd:constant>
<cd:constant type="last"></cd:constant>
</cd:command>
</cd:variants>
<cd:description>Because the space carved out for the initial is rectangular, initials work best with a font with rectangular ornaments around the letter.
</cd:description>
<cd:examples><cd:example title="color, distance, before + variations on n, m , location">The following example produces an awful-looking initial, but it illustrates how some of these parameters work.
</context></cd:example></cd:examples>
<cd:notes><cd:note author="Garulfo" date="2020-12-12T22:46:03+0100">Because the space carved out for the initial is rectangular, initials work best with a font with rectangular ornaments around the letter. </cd:note></cd:notes>
<cd:seealso>
<cd:commandref name="defineinitial" originator="system">placeinitial </cd:commandref>
