How To Create Drop Caps (Big First Letters) In Blogger/Blogspot

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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!

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Big First Letter for your Blogger / Blogspot Posts


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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:

]]></b:skin>


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:

<data:post.body/>


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

 <div class=’capital’><data:post.body/></div>


Step 6. Save your template.

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


<p class=”capital”><data:post.body/></p>


Or

<span class=”capital”><data:post.body/></span>



Big First Letter For Blogger/Blogspot Comments


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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):

]]></b:skin>


Step 3. Add the following code just above ]]></b:skin>:

.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:

<data:comment.body/>


Step 5. Add the red codes before and after <data:comment.body/> as you can see in my example below:

<p class=”capital”><data:comment.body/></p>


Step 6. Save your Template.

That’s it! Now you have a cool drop cap first letter on your blog.
Enjoy Guys! and don’t forget to post your comments. � MyTricksTime.com

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