Formatting dropcap in css

[Dave]

Hi,

I would like to use a dropcap. From a tutorial site on the Web I
copied this declaration:
p.dropcap:first-letter {
font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 2.0em; font-weight:
bold; float: left; color: #ff0000;
}

I applied that to css using Owen Brigg's text-sizing alternative

http://www.thenoodleincident.com/tut...y/css/real.css
explained at
http://www.thenoodleincident.com/tut...phy/index.html

I get a dropcap, but there is a vertical gap above and below the
dropcap letter now. (ie a vertical gap between the top of the letter
and the top line of the paragraph) Is there a way to address that, or
would I be better off forgetting about dropcaps?

Thanks
Dave

[mscir]

Dave wrote:

Hi,

I would like to use a dropcap...

Did you try adjusting the value of line-height? I tried this:

line-height: .3em;
Also, do you like any of these:

http://www.mandarindesign.com/dropcaps.html

And did you look around for different approaches using google? There are
lots of great examples for you to look over and see various ways to get
different looks.

Mike