How to Create Drop Caps (Big First Letters) in Blogger/Blogspot andrey вторник, 4 июня 2013 г. No Comment

Here's another way you can customize your Blog. In this case, your Posts and Comment's first letter. The effect is a large first letter stretching down three or four lines with the text wrapped around. The drop cap letter can also use a different font and can be a different color to the rest of the text. You often see this style in newspapers, literature, magazines. In this tutorial i will show you how to apply automatically Magazine text style in Blogger Posts and Comments. So let's start adding it!

-> Add Drop Caps For Blogger Posts

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-> Add Drop Caps For Blogger Comments

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Big First Letter for your Blogger / Blogspot Posts

Step 1.
  •  If you are using the old Blogger interface:
Go to Dashboard - Design - Edit HTML - Expand Widget Template (make a backup)
  • If you are using the new Blogger interface:
Go to Dashboard - Template - Edit HTML - Proceed - Expand Widget Template (make a backup)

Step 2. Search (CTRL + F) for this piece of code:

]]>

Step 3. Just above it, add the following:

.capital:first-letter {

float: left;

display: block;

font-family: Times, serif, Georgia;

font-size: 40px;

color: #000000;

margin:0px 5px 0 0;

padding:0 0 0 10px;

}

Customize:

Color - change the color highlighted in blue with the value of your desired color
Size - to change the letter size, increase/decrease the value highlighted in pink.

Step 4. Now search for this code:


Step 5. Then immediately before and after add the red fragments you see in the example below:

 

Step 6. Save your template.

Important! If the above code is not working, add one of following codes from this example:



Or



Big First Letter For Blogger/Blogspot Comments

Step 1. Log in to your Blogger account, then go to Design (Layout) >> Edit HTML >> check the "Expand Widget Templates" box

Step 2. Search (CTRL + F) for this piece of code (if you have already added this code, skip step 2 & 3):

]]>

Step 3. Add the following code just above ]]>:

.capital:first-letter {

float: left;

display: block;

font-family: Times, serif, Georgia;

font-size: 40px;

color: #000000;

margin:0px 5px 0 0;

padding:0 0 0 10px;

}

Customize:

Color - change the color highlighted in blue with the value of your desired color
Size - to change the letter size, increase/decrease the value highlighted in pink.

Step 4. Then Search for this piece of code:


Step 5. Add the red codes before and after as you can see in my example below:


Step 6. Save your Template.

That's it! Now you have a cool drop cap first letter on your blog.
If you have any question, leave a comment below!
Here's another way you can customize your Blog. In this case, your Posts and Comment's first letter. The effect is a large first letter stretching down three or four lines with the text wrapped around. The drop cap letter can also use a different font and can be a different color to the rest of the text. You often see this style in newspapers, literature, magazines. In this tutorial i will show you how to apply automatically Magazine text style in Blogger Posts and Comments. So let's start adding it!

-> Add Drop Caps For Blogger Posts

drop caps, blogger blogspot, tutorials
-> Add Drop Caps For Blogger Comments

drop caps, first letter, blogger
Big First Letter for your Blogger / Blogspot Posts

Step 1.
  •  If you are using the old Blogger interface:
Go to Dashboard - Design - Edit HTML - Expand Widget Template (make a backup)
  • If you are using the new Blogger interface:
Go to Dashboard - Template - Edit HTML - Proceed - Expand Widget Template (make a backup)

Step 2. Search (CTRL + F) for this piece of code:

]]>

Step 3. Just above it, add the following:

.capital:first-letter {

float: left;

display: block;

font-family: Times, serif, Georgia;

font-size: 40px;

color: #000000;

margin:0px 5px 0 0;

padding:0 0 0 10px;

}

Customize:

Color - change the color highlighted in blue with the value of your desired color
Size - to change the letter size, increase/decrease the value highlighted in pink.

Step 4. Now search for this code:


Step 5. Then immediately before and after add the red fragments you see in the example below:

 

Step 6. Save your template.

Important! If the above code is not working, add one of following codes from this example:



Or



Big First Letter For Blogger/Blogspot Comments

Step 1. Log in to your Blogger account, then go to Design (Layout) >> Edit HTML >> check the "Expand Widget Templates" box

Step 2. Search (CTRL + F) for this piece of code (if you have already added this code, skip step 2 & 3):

]]>

Step 3. Add the following code just above ]]>:

.capital:first-letter {

float: left;

display: block;

font-family: Times, serif, Georgia;

font-size: 40px;

color: #000000;

margin:0px 5px 0 0;

padding:0 0 0 10px;

}

Customize:

Color - change the color highlighted in blue with the value of your desired color
Size - to change the letter size, increase/decrease the value highlighted in pink.

Step 4. Then Search for this piece of code:


Step 5. Add the red codes before and after as you can see in my example below:


Step 6. Save your Template.

That's it! Now you have a cool drop cap first letter on your blog.
If you have any question, leave a comment below!
by Jillur Rahman

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