Title: drop caps
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# drop caps

 *  [jpierre](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpierre/)
 * (@jpierre)
 * [22 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/drop-caps/)
 * A silly question:
    anyone knows whether it’s possible to have drop caps in WP?
   and what is the tag, if it ever is allowed? JP

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 *  [davidchait](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidchait/)
 * (@davidchait)
 * [22 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/drop-caps/#post-44854)
 * Ummm, I added a nasty hack to do drop-caps on my site. It requires extracting
   the first character of the content block, and then wrapping it with a named div
   so it can be turned into a float in CSS. Go into any article on my site, and 
   you’ll see the result.
    I’m planning on converting to the new plugin architecture(
   assuming Matt got in the hooks I needed), and could release it as a plugin then.-
   d [http://www.chait.net](http://www.chait.net)
 *  [willm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willm/)
 * (@willm)
 * [22 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/drop-caps/#post-44890)
 * You can get a similar effect using the p:first-letter pseudoclass, which saves
   you having to clutter up your entry with unnecessary `<span>`s
 *  [davidchait](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidchait/)
 * (@davidchait)
 * [22 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/drop-caps/#post-44925)
 * If I recall correctly, much of the CSS pseudoclass stuff is either TBD or 2.0,
   and thus not generally available in the ‘high use’ browsers.. But yes, that’s
   another completely different approach…
    -d
 *  Thread Starter [jpierre](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpierre/)
 * (@jpierre)
 * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/drop-caps/#post-45013)
 * Thanks guys. Seems to work fine with the <span> thing. I used the tutorial Cena
   refered to. Although not automated, the process is rather unpainful. I will try
   dchait’s solution at a later time. But now I am into another kind of detais, 
   so here’s another question:
    suppose I want to use that drop cap in the <storytitle
   >, and place the <storytitle> on the same line as the post’s first line…? 🙂 
   JP
 *  [Laughinglizard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/laughinglizard/)
 * (@laughinglizard)
 * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/drop-caps/#post-45015)
 * NuclearMoose had it right. My Javascript quicktags has a drop caps script included.
   Find it here…
    [http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2004/03/24/wordpress-javascript-quicktags/](http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2004/03/24/wordpress-javascript-quicktags/)
 *  [davidchait](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidchait/)
 * (@davidchait)
 * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/drop-caps/#post-45025)
 * (the #036 is a dollar-sign, btw. Not sure why it does that — tried both [code]
   and backtick, both do it... weird.)
 *  Moderator [Matt Mullenweg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matt/)
 * (@matt)
 * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/drop-caps/#post-45034)
 * Hey, you can do drop-caps in CSS just fine. No need for hacks:
    [http://www.google.com/search?q=drop+caps+css](http://www.google.com/search?q=drop+caps+css)
 *  [davidchait](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidchait/)
 * (@davidchait)
 * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/drop-caps/#post-45038)
 * Except that it requires full CSS2 support, and even then as usual there are differences
   between browsers…
    Mine would also allow you to do custom effects like image-
   replacement for the characters (to use some cool, photoshopped caps). 😉 -d

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