Thanks for the tips, Klaus!
On Sep 17, 2006, at 3:54 AM, Klaus Hartl wrote:
> Karl, for some nicer degradation you could use the first-letter
> pseudo-element selector:
>
> p:first-child:first-letter {
> font: 2.5em/80% serif;
> }
Good idea. Of course, this will have no effect on IE. But I suppose
IE users already have to suffer much worse than a plain first letter,
so no big deal. ;-)
> And you should include an alt attribute in case users have images
> disabled:
>
> $('<img />')
> .src('/images/alphabet/' + text[0].toLowerCase() + '.gif')
> .addClass('fancy-letter')
> .attr('alt', text[0]);
> .prependTo( firstP );
Absolutely! I had the alt attribute in there for my DOM scripting
version, but forgot to include it during the translation to jQuery.
Both John's and Klaus's suggestions are now incorporated: http://
test.learningjquery.com/dropcap.htm
thanks again, guys!
Karl
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