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<cd:commandref name="definefirstline">to apply specific style to the entire first line</cd:commandref></cd:seealso>
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Revision as of 22:10, 12 December 2020


\placeinitial

Summary

Initials (also known as drop caps, dropped caps, or versals) can be made in ConTeXt using the \placeinitial command detailed here.

See \setupinitial for customization.

Settings

\placeinitial[...]
[...]name

Description

Examples

basics

\definepapersize[sheet][width=120mm,height=60mm]
\setuppapersize[sheet]
\setuppagenumbering[location=]
\setuplayout[width=100mm,backspace=15mm,topspace=0mm,header=0mm,headerdistance=0mm,footer=0mm,footerdistance=0mm]

\starttext

\placeinitial
\input knuth

\stoptext

Notes

See also

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