Directory macros/latex/contrib/lettrine
The Lettrine bundle
Description
This package is meant for typesetting dropped capitals in LaTeX documents.
Documentation
Have a look at one of the PDF files, lettrine-demo-fr.pdf (in French), lettrine-demo-de.pdf (in German) or lettrine-demo-lua.pdf in the doc directory, to see different layouts for dropped capitals. You can also play with the source files lettrine-demo-.tex.
Have a look at lettrine.pdf in the doc directory, if you are interested in the complete documentation and code.
If you wish, you can customize lettrine.cfg according to your needs.
License
Released under the LaTeX Project Public License v1.3 or later See http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt for the details of that license.
Installation
This bundle is included in most TeX distributions, but if you need to install it by yourself
- run luatex on lettrine.dtx to strip the comments and create lettrine.sty and lettrine.cfg;
- move all the files to the
right' place:
Files lettrine.sty, lettrine.cfg, lettrine-.sty and .cfl go to to a directory searched by TeX, typically $TEXMF/tex/latex/lettrine.
Files README, lettrine-demo, lettrine.pdf go to a doc directory, typically $TEXMF/doc/latex/lettrine.
Files lettrine.dtx goes to a source directory, typically $TEXMF/source/latex/lettrine
Changes
See the included manual lettrine.pdf, section "Change History".
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Copyright 1999–2024 Daniel Flipo E-mail: daniel (dot) flipo (at) free (dot) fr
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lettrine – Typeset dropped capitals
The lettrine package supports various dropped capitals styles, typically those described in the French typographic books. In particular, it has facilities for the paragraph text’s left edge to follow the outline of capitals that have a regular shape (such as “A” and “V”).
Package | lettrine |
Version | 2.61 2024-06-26 |
Licenses | The LaTeX Project Public License 1.3 |
Copyright | 1999–2024 Daniel Flipo |
Maintainer | Daniel Flipo |
Contained in | TeX Live as lettrine MiKTeX as lettrine |
Topics | Lettrine |