SirPL Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 I got a request regarding drop caps. Please allow to set different distance (between drop-cap and text) to first line and to rest of them in order to achive the following result: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bibliomatic Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Me too! The workaround used in InDesign modifying kerning after introducing a zero-width-non-joiner just after the drop cap is not possible, all options are greyed and only auto is allowed when you select this zero-width-non-joiner and the next letter. If you place the cursor just before the non-joiner, all the lines move instead of only the first line. Is there anything to work this out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wosven Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Avoiding such thing is best, since graphically, it's terrible. You can also use tips from this excellent article: https://affinityspotlight.com/article/be-more-creative-with-drop-caps-in-affinity-publisher/ Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophet Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 I agree, it's a bit typographically odd. But the question was how to get it done, so here's my best attempt… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophet Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Well that article is an eye-opener. Much easier to make an artistic text letter to serve as the drop cap and adjust its Wrap Outline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bibliomatic Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 12 hours ago, Wosven said: Avoiding such thing is best, since graphically, it's terrible. You can also use tips from this excellent article: https://affinityspotlight.com/article/be-more-creative-with-drop-caps-in-affinity-publisher/ When it's correctly implemented I think it's not so bad and also it has been a common practice in much of the latin-based languages. Thanks for your mention to the affinity tips about drop caps. The second solution brought by prophet seems to be the better approach, however the way it could be done through InDesign involves much less steps I think. Nevertheless, it would be great if this feature could be added in upcoming updtes of Affinity Publisher. Thank you for your replies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophet Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 3 hours ago, bibliomatic said: the way it could be done through InDesign involves much less steps I think. An unfortunate truth for a few of my traditional workflows. Happy to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bibliomatic Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 22 minutes ago, prophet said: An unfortunate truth for a few of my traditional workflows. Happy to help. I downloaded it yesterday in order to avoid InDesign excessive subscription fees but I have been finding out some flaws that even for a novel book formatting level, these are quite disappointing. Don't know how to solve some issues without some sort of GREP formulations. I would not transcend it here as this will be out of topic and will dive into the forum for previous concerns. Thanks again for your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fde101 Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 On 12/16/2020 at 8:33 AM, bibliomatic said: GREP formulations There is a basic set of regular expression functionality available in the Find and Replace panel in Publisher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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