https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=170006
Bug ID: 170006
Summary: FEATURE REQUEST: Paragraph styling: capabilities for
lead-in
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 25.8.2.2 release
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: enhancement
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Description:
>From https://creativepro.com/designing-lead-ins/
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"There are a number of typographic techniques that can help draw attention to
the content of an article, book, web page, or any important text. The use of a
lead-in is one of them. A lead-in is the setting of the beginning of text in a
different style or manner from that which follows it."
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My own use-case is the absolute requirement for a relatively simple styling:
the first letter of each verse in a collection of poems. At a minimum, this is
"bold" (each poem is alphabetic acrostic, with successive verses beginning A,
B, C, ...). Some additional flexibility (e.g. colour) would also be useful.
But this opens a more general issue.
In addition to my "first letter" example, several other styling examples exist
across literature: "first word"; "first n words", etc. And the manner of
user-desired styling can vary; my example was bold; another common one is
small-caps. When the house-style is "first n words", the combination of bold
plus SmallCaps seems quite frequent.
I see that LO Writer offers one specific case: "Drop Caps" (with "first
character" and "first letter" options). But I suggest it is highly desirable
that we offer a wider range. Naturally, this proposed development would need
to consider the interaction with the existing "Drop Caps" mechanism.
Thoughts?
Offer! If we can get agreement-in-principle, I'd be happy to try to take this
forward. Indeed, as I type, I'm setting up VirtualBox to give me a Linux-based
VM on which I could then attempt to download and build LO with a view to
possible draft coding of the feature.
Actual Results:
This is a feature request, rather than a bug report.
Expected Results:
This is a feature request, rather than a bug report.
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: No
Additional Info:
See also:
* https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/first-letter-styling/129315
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