{"id":1044,"date":"2015-08-19T04:37:49","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T04:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.diybookformats.com\/?p=1044"},"modified":"2023-05-24T03:34:44","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T03:34:44","slug":"add-dropcaps-kindle-ebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diybookformats.com\/add-dropcaps-kindle-ebook\/","title":{"rendered":"How to add dropcaps to your Kindle ebook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve added dropcaps to your Word document and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.publishxpress.com\">converted to ebook<\/a> files, the dropcaps probably won&#8217;t display in the right places, because Word adds a special text box that will become misaligned after conversion. You need to redo your dropcaps in Sigil (free, open source ebook editing software).<\/p>\n<p>I added a video, it might help, if not skip down below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9Q9OCWOZLsE\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Open up the epub and look at the first paragraph of chapter one. Go into code view. You&#8217;ll need to make a special span class around the first letter of the first word, and that span class will be inside the regular paragraph titles.<\/p>\n<p>Mine looks like this (my first paragraph main body style is &#8220;block 14&#8221;. I&#8217;ve bolded all the code.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&lt;p class=&#8221;block_14&#8243;&gt;&lt;span class=&#8221;dropcap&#8221;&gt;<\/strong>P<strong>&lt;\/span&gt;<\/strong>ERSEPHONE PUSHED THE WHEELBARROW to the last troll in a ring of the pungent beasts guarding the steaming hole in the great cavern, the pack of fenrir-wolves trailing her as they had done since the demon army had been released. <strong>&lt;\/p&gt;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Then I have to go into my stylesheet and add the details for that span class, which looks like this:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>span.dropcap {<\/p>\n<p>float: left;<\/p>\n<p>font-family: &#8216;LHF Larcher Roman&#8217;, serif;<\/p>\n<p>font-size: 6.7em;<\/p>\n<p>line-height: 0.8em;<\/p>\n<p>margin-bottom: -0.1em;<\/p>\n<p>margin-top: -.4em;<\/p>\n<p>}<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll need to play with those figures to get the dropcap to display exactly where you want it, and how large. Also make sure you&#8217;ve added the right font into your ebook, if you&#8217;re using a special font, by adding this at the top of your stylesheet.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>@font-face {<\/p>\n<p>font-family: &#8220;LHF Larcher Roman&#8221;;<\/p>\n<p>font-weight: normal;<\/p>\n<p>font-style: normal;<\/p>\n<p>src: url(&#8216;..\/Fonts\/Larcher.ttf&#8217;);<\/p>\n<p>}<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But let&#8217;s be real, <strong>you don&#8217;t want to do all that!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jutoh.com\/\">Jutoh<\/a> is an ebook formatting tool that lets you make dropcaps. And it&#8217;s function. But <a href=\"https:\/\/store.vellum.pub\/?via=derek49\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vellum<\/a> is so much cleaner and more user-friendly, and you can easily change the dropcap fonts and style.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2484\" src=\"http:\/\/diybookformats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/style-save-menu.png\" alt=\"Vellum Dropcaps\" width=\"465\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/diybookformats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/style-save-menu.png 465w, https:\/\/diybookformats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/style-save-menu-300x164.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.vellum.pub\/?via=derek49\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2409 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/diybookformats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/3688-212526.png\" alt=\"Vellum Book Formatting\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/diybookformats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/3688-212526.png 728w, https:\/\/diybookformats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/3688-212526-300x37.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve added dropcaps to your Word document and converted to ebook files, the dropcaps probably won&#8217;t display in the right places, because Word adds a special text box that will become misaligned after conversion. 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