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Applying shadow to drop cap


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Hi khperkins,
Welcome to Affinity Forums :)
As A_B_C pointed out there's no way to style a drop cap (with layer effects) independently from the text block. Besides using a dedicated font, you can cheat adding a regular Drop cap through the Paragraph panel then creating an artistic text object with the respective letter and effects applied and placing it over the drop cap set by the paragraph panel. Alternatively simply delete the first letter of the paragraph, place the artistic text letter with the effects in the same position as the original letter and set the appropriate text wrap options to the artistic text letter so the rest of the text wraps around it (use snapping to help align the letter with the text). See screenshot below with examples of both cases (cheating on top placing artistic text object over the drop cap/wrap text options applied to artistic text object on bottom).

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On 9/20/2018 at 7:18 PM, khperkins said:

Any plans for adding character styles/decorations like drop shadows, etc.? Maybe replacing the not very useful underline and strikethrough character decorations with something that people actually use, or at least adding more decorations, like drop shadows, etc.?

Yes Please  decorative Drop Caps.

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