For a book of fairy tales, I used (working!):
\def\Initial{\DroppedCaps%
{\color[red]} {Serif} {2.5\baselineskip} {3pt} {2\baselineskip} {3}}
\starttext
\Initial Once upon a time... \input tufte
\stoptext
But that gives now:
<to be read again>
\unskip
\\->\ifhmode \unskip
\prewordbreak \crlfplaceholder \ifcase
\raggedstatus \h...
\somefontsize ->2.5\\
baselineskip
\lowleveldefinefont ...aledfontsize \somefontsize
\or \scaledfontsize
\local...
\dododefinefont ...inefont {#2}\rawfontidentifier
\csname
\rawfontidentifier...
\dodefinedfont ...nedfont][#1]\fi \thedefinedfont
\the
\everydefinedfont
...
l.7 \Initial O
nce upon a time... \input tufte
It works, if I use absolute values for font size and vertical offset,
like
\def\Initial{\DroppedCaps%
{\color[red]} {Serif} {36pt} {3pt} {28pt} {3}}
I also tried \setupinitial / \placeinitial like below; I got my
defined font, but only ever in base font size.
%\definefontsynonym[Initial][WieynkInitialen]
\setupinitial[font=WieynkInitialen,n=3,state=start,command=\Initial] %
I also tried \NiceDroppedCaps and \LineDroppedCaps that I found in the
sources, but didn’t get further.
So, what’s the preferred way to get dropped capitals / initials?
I’d like to wikify that, since it seems nowhere documented.
Greetlings from Lake Constance!
Hraban
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