Enlarged first letter in the text. (DOCX to EPUB)

MGA · 05-29-2024, 04:35 AM

Greetings,

I am using Calibre to make EPUBs, with DOCX (from LibreOffice) as input format.

I am wondering if it is possible to somehow make the "Drop Cap" function (ie. that the initial letter in a chapter is enlarged) remain in the output EPUB?

So far, this got lost in conversion.

Would be very grateful for any advice!

kovidgoyal · 05-29-2024, 05:10 AM

The demo docx file here https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/con...word-documents has a dropcaps that is retained on conversion.

MGA · 05-30-2024, 04:38 AM

Thank you so much, that is indeed valuable, and shows that it is possible.

I wonder if the reason could be that I made the input file with LibreOffice, so perhaps it is not a "completely authentic" DOCX...

Anyhow, I suppose one way to fix the issue for my book would be to open the demo file after EPUB conversion in the calibre editor and see what code is used to gnerate this effect, and then simply copy it and simply paste it into my project....

Thank you so much!

theducks · 05-30-2024, 06:07 AM

Drop caps or Big first letters have been discussed in various places here at MR. (hint: Search. Also note they tend to be dissed as not all devices support and can cause 'returns' in the marketplace)

The CSS code snippet is not huge, and can be tuned to conditions.
Depending on where in the Page you want to use one, the REGEX to wrap the character(s) in a Dropcap Span can be quite simple.

eg drop wanted on the first Paragraph after the Chapter head

Code:

(</h3>\s+<p class=fp">)([A-Z]}
\1 <span class="dropcap">\2</span>

(there is more REGEX elegant code to get it done, but this works

)

remember to handle leading quote character you use

05-29-2024, 04:35 AM	#1
MGA Enthusiast Posts: 26 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2024 Device: Kobo, Clara	Enlarged first letter in the text. (DOCX to EPUB) Greetings, I am using Calibre to make EPUBs, with DOCX (from LibreOffice) as input format. I am wondering if it is possible to somehow make the "Drop Cap" function (ie. that the initial letter in a chapter is enlarged) remain in the output EPUB? So far, this got lost in conversion. Would be very grateful for any advice!

05-30-2024, 06:07 AM	#4
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,050 Karma: 57259778 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Drop caps or Big first letters have been discussed in various places here at MR. (hint: Search. Also note they tend to be dissed as not all devices support and can cause 'returns' in the marketplace) The CSS code snippet is not huge, and can be tuned to conditions. Depending on where in the Page you want to use one, the REGEX to wrap the character(s) in a Dropcap Span can be quite simple. eg drop wanted on the first Paragraph after the Chapter head Code: (</h3>\s+<p class=fp">)([A-Z]} \1 <span class="dropcap">\2</span> (there is more REGEX elegant code to get it done, but this works ) remember to handle leading quote character you use

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05-29-2024, 05:10 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,075 Karma: 22669822 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	The demo docx file here https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/con...word-documents has a dropcaps that is retained on conversion.

05-30-2024, 04:38 AM	#3
MGA Enthusiast Posts: 26 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2024 Device: Kobo, Clara	Thank you so much, that is indeed valuable, and shows that it is possible. I wonder if the reason could be that I made the input file with LibreOffice, so perhaps it is not a "completely authentic" DOCX... Anyhow, I suppose one way to fix the issue for my book would be to open the demo file after EPUB conversion in the calibre editor and see what code is used to gnerate this effect, and then simply copy it and simply paste it into my project.... Thank you so much!