Newsgroups: comp.text.tex

> > If I wanted the first letter in a paragraph to be bigger than the rest of
> > the text and have it span several rows, how would I do it??

>     These are usually called versals or drop caps in English. There are
> some packages on CTAN for this...

I've used both dropping and lettrine. Both work fine, but lettrine seems more versatile, and allows better 'fine tuning' of the versal (e.g. moving Q and J up a little, or T or V slightly to the left). Adjustments like that are particularly important if you want capitals that span more than 2 lines or so.

Paul Stanley