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From: kalita@linc.cis.upenn.edu (Jugal Kolita)
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Subject: Printing the first letter of a chapter/article in big size
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Date: 11 Aug 89 19:28:57 GMT
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Hi!

I wonder if someone has written the programs required to print the
first letter in the beginning of an article or paper in a large font
as they do in many books.
Everything following the first letter of the first word is printed
in normal size and font.
I think they are called  dropcaps or something
similar.
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_____
  |   his is the type of format I want to 
  |   have for some  articles of a
  |   document I am trying to print. The 
rest of the lines will start from the beginning
of the line as these last two lines do.

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If someone has written the program to do so, I will appreciate if
s/he sends me a copy.

Thanks in advance.


Jugal