On 05/30/2017 02:16 PM, ZASKE Martin wrote: > On 30.05.2017 14:22, Gregory Pittman wrote: >> On 05/30/2017 05:54 AM, ZASKE Martin wrote: >>> Dear list: >>> >>> In summary: What is the best way to horizontally move the leftmost >>> character of a line of text in a text-frame? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> background, for those who want to know more detail: >>> >>> Making a book, trying to make it nice. >>> >>> The main text is printed in 16pt. The first letters of each chapter are >>> styled as Initial Caps in 36pt. (What is the singular of Initial Caps?) >>> >>> Text is aligned as Justified, even using the Optical Margins feature on >>> both sides. I am using it for the first time and I like that optical trick. >>> >>> Now our Initial Caps, being very big, are showing a too wide distance >>> from the left text-frame border. It is very ugly for example on a >>> capital E. I believe the gap is caused by the inbuilt values of the >>> characters for each specific font. I need to hack it, to align better. >>> >> >> A way that seems to work after a fashion is to create a Paragraph style, >> and set the line indentation for the body of the paragraph a few points, >> maybe 1.0 to 3.0 as needed, then create a negative indentation of the >> first line by the amount needed to line up the drop cap with the rest of >> the paragraph. You will see that the negative indentation of the first >> line cannot be any larger than the positive indentation of the body. >> >> The only other thing I would add is that I see drop caps overused quite >> a bit, or created with parameters that interfere with reading the text >> and aside from that are unattractive. So as with many embellishments, >> they should be used sparingly. >> >> Greg > > > Thank you Greg > > For discipline and efficiency I am working entirely with styles. Our > book only has got three chapters and one introduction, so we have got > four initial caps only: "E", "?", "A" and "B". Each of those letters > needs a unique "kerning" to align properly with the left border of the > text frame. Our alphabet has got 33 letters, so I am hesitant to use a > style approach (and many styles) for something I would like to tweak > visually. >
What you're saying then is that you need 4 styles -- not so many, really. Just Clone your style, rename appropriately, adjust the indentation as needed, you're done. Greg
