The Daily Drop Cap
The Daily Drop Cap is an ongoing project by typographer and illustrator Jessica Hische. Each work day she posts a new hand-crafted decorative initial cap, and they are truly impressive.
Some of them even come alive as you watch their parts appear atop each other. You are free to use them on your personal website or blog with proper attribution, but not for any commercial purposes. Have a look: www.dailydropcap.com
Jeff Gamet is a contributing editor for Design Tools Monthly, the executive summary of graphic design news. He is also the morning editor and reviews editor for The Mac Observer and iPodObserver.com, and contributing writer for Layers Magazine and Photoshop User. He writes the InBrief column for InDesign Magazine, and is the author of “The Designer’s Guide to Mac OS X,” from Peachpit Press
When Jeff isn’t writing about the graphic design world, he’s talking about it on the Design Tools Weekly podcast with co-host Jay Nelson. He also talks about Apple and the Mac world every week on The Mac Observer’s Apple Weekly Report.
Jeff studies, tests and reviews new software and technologies for the Macintosh community as well as the design and print industries. He is a former Pre-press specialist, and has nearly 25 years experience with computer technology. Jeff trains, lectures and consults on techniques for more efficiently using Mac OS X in creative environments throughout the country.
In the rare moments when he can get away from his MacBook Pro, Jeff spends his time climbing and biking in the Colorado mountains.
Using Quark 9:
When I create a drop cap of 6 lines, the first line after the large cap has a space before it and the line overhangs the text box on the right side (the paragraph is justified. I have looked through preferences, and cannot figure out how to fix this.
When I use a 5 line drop cap, it sits perfectly.
Never had this problem in all the years I have been using Quark.
Hi Mitzi,
I’m Sarah writing from Quark. I am in touch with our support team and they are wondering if you could please send us a screen shot and the document so they can can have a look? They have not been able to replicate the issue you describe. Please email pr@quark.com and I’ll send your files along to the team.
Thank you,
Sarah