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Re: Big letter



At 08:54 AM 9/23/97 -0400, you wrote:
>I am formatting a book in Xy4 and have a problem. I wonder if anyone
>out there can help me. The output will be in PostScript.
>
>I am supposed to print the first character of each chapter in a huge
>point size: 57 Pt as against 10.5 Pt for the rest of the text. This
>will look good (it already does), but it gives a problem. Xy, reasonably
>enough, thinks that when I want a 57Pt character I must want at least
>57Pt leading between the lines, and it gives me that . (Note that this
>is NOT a dropped capital, but a raised one...) The result is that I
>have my lovely big capital letter, but a large space between that line
>and the rest of the page.
>
Have you set automatic leading to off? Put in a ≪al0≫ at the top of the file.
Regards,


Harry Binswanger
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