Comments on: Quick Tip: Easy Way To Create Drop Caps On Your Blog http://spyrestudios.com/quick-tip-easy-way-to-create-drop-caps-on-your-blog/ Web-Design And Inspiration Blog Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:56:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The Allure Of Drop Caps In Typography – Practices And Resources | Little Box Of Ideas http://spyrestudios.com/quick-tip-easy-way-to-create-drop-caps-on-your-blog/#comment-9481 The Allure Of Drop Caps In Typography – Practices And Resources | Little Box Of Ideas Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:12:26 +0000 http://spyrestudios.com/?p=2675#comment-9481 [...] rop Cap is the first letter of a paragraph that is enlarged to drop down a couple of lines. A common fixture in print publishing from novels to magazines to beautifully illustrated childrens’ books, drop caps are slowly gaining momentum in the online word. Typography websites and blogs, especially those using minimal designs and themes are truly exploring the aesthetic value of the drop cap. My interest in drop caps got piqued after I was introduced to the Daily Drop Cap Project by illustrator and typographer Jessica Hische. On that website, Jessica strives to offer a uniquely beautiful drop cap alongwith the code to embed it in your pages everyday. Jon Phillips of Spyre Studios shows you how to add a drop cap easily and effortlessly via Css. [...] [...] rop Cap is the first letter of a paragraph that is enlarged to drop down a couple of lines. A common fixture in print publishing from novels to magazines to beautifully illustrated childrens’ books, drop caps are slowly gaining momentum in the online word. Typography websites and blogs, especially those using minimal designs and themes are truly exploring the aesthetic value of the drop cap. My interest in drop caps got piqued after I was introduced to the Daily Drop Cap Project by illustrator and typographer Jessica Hische. On that website, Jessica strives to offer a uniquely beautiful drop cap alongwith the code to embed it in your pages everyday. Jon Phillips of Spyre Studios shows you how to add a drop cap easily and effortlessly via Css. [...]

]]> By: Devon http://spyrestudios.com/quick-tip-easy-way-to-create-drop-caps-on-your-blog/#comment-9291 Devon Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:01:48 +0000 http://spyrestudios.com/?p=2675#comment-9291 Very thoughtful post . It should be very much helpful Thanks, Very thoughtful post . It should be very much helpful
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]]> By: Daily David — davidgagne.net http://spyrestudios.com/quick-tip-easy-way-to-create-drop-caps-on-your-blog/#comment-3071 Daily David — davidgagne.net Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:10:25 +0000 http://spyrestudios.com/?p=2675#comment-3071 [...] Studios explains how to add dropcaps to your blog. (Or you could do it the way I explained seven years [...] [...] Studios explains how to add dropcaps to your blog. (Or you could do it the way I explained seven years [...]

]]> By: links for 2009-03-24 « crawlspace|media http://spyrestudios.com/quick-tip-easy-way-to-create-drop-caps-on-your-blog/#comment-3073 links for 2009-03-24 « crawlspace|media Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:02:10 +0000 http://spyrestudios.com/?p=2675#comment-3073 [...] Quick Tip: Easy Way To Create Drop Caps On Your Blog | Spyre Studios (tags: css design dropcaps webdesign) [...] [...] Quick Tip: Easy Way To Create Drop Caps On Your Blog | Spyre Studios (tags: css design dropcaps webdesign) [...]

]]> By: Jon Phillips http://spyrestudios.com/quick-tip-easy-way-to-create-drop-caps-on-your-blog/#comment-3080 Jon Phillips Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:32:38 +0000 http://spyrestudios.com/?p=2675#comment-3080 @Niki: Hey nice vid! Yep, nice enhancement, and like you said in your vid, people with IE may not see it, but who cares? hehe Oh and I just realized you had the iTunes feed (just subscribed!) Thanks for stopping by :) @Niki: Hey nice vid! Yep, nice enhancement, and like you said in your vid, people with IE may not see it, but who cares? hehe Oh and I just realized you had the iTunes feed (just subscribed!) Thanks for stopping by :)

]]> By: Niki Brown | The Design O'Blog http://spyrestudios.com/quick-tip-easy-way-to-create-drop-caps-on-your-blog/#comment-3079 Niki Brown | The Design O'Blog Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:24:47 +0000 http://spyrestudios.com/?p=2675#comment-3079 Nice Tip! I did a quick video tip on this a few weeks ago: http://www.nikibrown.com/designoblog/2009/02/24/quick-tip-20-drop-a-cap-in-your-paragraph/ Drop caps are a nice progressive enhancement :) Nice Tip! I did a quick video tip on this a few weeks ago: http://www.nikibrown.com/desig.....paragraph/ Drop caps are a nice progressive enhancement :)

]]> By: Selvam http://spyrestudios.com/quick-tip-easy-way-to-create-drop-caps-on-your-blog/#comment-3081 Selvam Mon, 23 Mar 2009 07:26:07 +0000 http://spyrestudios.com/?p=2675#comment-3081 thanks thanks

]]> By: Jon Phillips http://spyrestudios.com/quick-tip-easy-way-to-create-drop-caps-on-your-blog/#comment-3070 Jon Phillips Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:49:21 +0000 http://spyrestudios.com/?p=2675#comment-3070 @Brandon: lol thanks man! :) @Logan Leger: Nice one Logan! I just figured it'd be nice to be able to place the drop cap exactly where I want it, but the pseudo-element would work real nice too! @zafra: For sure it'd work on Blogger, you just need to add the CSS code and add the span where you want your drop caps. @Joel Laumans: Hey I didn't think of that! Good point :) @Brandon: lol thanks man! :)

@Logan Leger: Nice one Logan! I just figured it’d be nice to be able to place the drop cap exactly where I want it, but the pseudo-element would work real nice too!

@zafra: For sure it’d work on Blogger, you just need to add the CSS code and add the span where you want your drop caps.

@Joel Laumans: Hey I didn’t think of that! Good point :)

]]> By: Joel Laumans http://spyrestudios.com/quick-tip-easy-way-to-create-drop-caps-on-your-blog/#comment-3072 Joel Laumans Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:18:18 +0000 http://spyrestudios.com/?p=2675#comment-3072 Great tip! The advantage of using Logan's method is that you can then use it for dynamic texts as well. (avoiding the hassle of having to manually insert the tags. Great tip!

The advantage of using Logan’s method is that you can then use it for dynamic texts as well. (avoiding the hassle of having to manually insert the tags.

]]> By: links for 2009-03-22 | This Inspires Me http://spyrestudios.com/quick-tip-easy-way-to-create-drop-caps-on-your-blog/#comment-3074 links for 2009-03-22 | This Inspires Me Sun, 22 Mar 2009 10:01:23 +0000 http://spyrestudios.com/?p=2675#comment-3074 [...] Quick Tip: Easy Way To Create Drop Caps On Your Blog (tags: dropcaps typography blogdesign) [...] [...] Quick Tip: Easy Way To Create Drop Caps On Your Blog (tags: dropcaps typography blogdesign) [...]

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