Index talk:Vanity Fair 1848.djvu

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Source Vanity Fair - A novel without a hero, 1848.

Request Ratification for (some) Chapter Titles
Several chapters of this work open with their initial sentences of the format (e.g. Chapter 3, Chapter 22 or Chapter 23 and others):


 * an image incorporating the initial letter opening word of the opening sentence,
 * (usually small-capped) remainder of initial word slightly intruding into above image area,
 * remainder of opening paragraph is in "hanging indent" form and wraps to right of (and optionally below) above image.

Purely by experimentation, I have found I can achieve this effect adequately by encapsulating the image portion inside drop capital, and the following paragraph within hanging indent. I do not believe this part is in any way controversial.

However, to permit the lead line to intrude into the text area I have found the hanging indented paragraph needs to be further enclosed within an additional &lt;div style="position:relative;">&hellip;&lt;/div> block. This certainly works in the case my browser (Firefox 19.0); however I do not know if this is standard behaviour, and even if it is why it works.

Could somebody else:


 * 1) please verify these pages display acceptably on another browser;
 * 2) if anybody can provide the technical background I for one would be interested.

MODCHK (talk) 21:22, 5 March 2013 (UTC)


 * All looks fine to me. There're a few chapters that don't have it set up correctly (they've just got a left-floating image, no dropcap etc.) so I'm going to go through and fix them up to conform to e.g.:

if no one minds? :-) &mdash; Sam Wilson ( Talk &bull; Contribs ) &hellip; 01:31, 23 November 2013 (UTC)