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Revision as of 21:37, 12 December 2020
Contents
\setupinitial
Summary
Initials (also known as drop caps, dropped caps, or versals) can be made in ConTeXt using the \placeinitial command.
The command \setupinitial
is used to customize this decorative or ornate first letter(s) to prose at the start of chapters, sections, paragraphs, and so forth.
Settings
\setupinitial[...,...][...=...,...] | |
[...,...] | name |
n | number |
m | number |
before | command |
distance | dimension |
hoffset | dimension |
voffset | line dimension |
style | style command |
color | color |
font | font |
text | text |
location | margin text |
method | first last auto none |
Option | Explanation | ||
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Description
Because the space carved out for the initial is rectangular, initials work best with a font with rectangular ornaments around the letter.
Examples
n, m , location
The following example produces an awful-looking initial, but it illustrates how some of these parameters work.
\definepapersize[sheet][width=120mm,height=200mm] \setuppapersize[sheet] \setuppagenumbering[location=] \setuplayout[width=100mm,backspace=15mm,topspace=0mm,header=0mm,headerdistance=0mm] \starttext \setupinitial [color=darkred, distance=10mm, before={\blank[big]\hairline\blank[big]}] \type[option=context]{\setupinitial[color=darkred, distance=10mm, before={\blank[big]\hairline\blank[big]}]} and \type[option=context]{\setupinitial[n=2, m=2]} \setupinitial[n=2, m=2] \placeinitial \input knuth \blank[big] or \type[option=context]{\setupinitial[n=3, m=4]} \setupinitial[n=3, m=4] \placeinitial \input knuth \blank[big] or \type[option=context]{\setupinitial[location=margin,n=3, m=1,distance=5mm]} \setupinitial[location=margin,n=3, m=1,distance=5mm] \placeinitial \input knuth \stoptext
hoffset
\definepapersize[sheet][width=120mm,height=200mm] \setuppapersize[sheet] \setuppagenumbering[location=] \setuplayout[width=100mm,backspace=15mm,topspace=0mm,header=0mm,headerdistance=0mm] \starttext Here is some text 1. \setupinitial[color=darkred] \placeinitial \input knuth \blank[big] \type[option=context]{\setupinitial[hoffset=0mm]} \setupinitial[hoffset=0mm] \placeinitial \input knuth \blank[big] \type[option=context]{\setupinitial[hoffset=5mm]} \setupinitial[hoffset=5mm] \placeinitial \input knuth \blank[big] \type[option=context]{\setupinitial[hoffset=-5mm]} \setupinitial[hoffset=-5mm] \placeinitial \input knuth \stoptext
voffset
\definepapersize[sheet][width=120mm,height=200mm] \setuppapersize[sheet] \setuppagenumbering[location=] \setuplayout[width=100mm,backspace=15mm,topspace=0mm,header=0mm,headerdistance=0mm] \starttext Here is some text 1. \setupinitial[color=darkred] \placeinitial \input knuth \blank[big] \type[option=context]{\setupinitial[voffset=0mm]} \setupinitial[voffset=0mm] \placeinitial \input knuth \blank[big] \type[option=context]{\setupinitial[voffset=5mm]} \setupinitial[voffset=5mm] \placeinitial \input knuth \blank[big] \type[option=context]{\setupinitial[voffset=-5mm]} \setupinitial[voffset=-5mm] \placeinitial \input knuth \stoptext
font
\definepapersize[sheet][width=120mm,height=150mm] \setuppapersize[sheet] \setuppagenumbering[location=] \setuplayout[width=100mm,backspace=15mm,topspace=0mm,header=0mm,headerdistance=0mm] \starttext Here is some text 1. \setupinitial[color=darkred] \placeinitial \input knuth \blank[big] \type[option=context]{\setupinitial[font=Bold at 45pt]} \setupinitial[font=Bold at 45pt] \placeinitial \input knuth \blank[big] \type[option=context]{\setupinitial[font=SansBold at 45pt]} \setupinitial[font=SansBold at 45pt] \placeinitial \input knuth \stoptext
text
\definepapersize[sheet][width=120mm,height=80mm] \setuppapersize[sheet] \setuppagenumbering[location=] \setuplayout[width=100mm,backspace=15mm,topspace=0mm,header=0mm,headerdistance=0mm] \starttext \type[option=context]{\setupinitial[text=Here]} \setupinitial[color=darkred,text=Here] \placeinitial \input knuth \stoptext
Notes
See also
- \defineinitial placeinitial
- typo-drp.mkiv
- \placeinitial placeinitial