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Scribus => Beginner Talk => Topic started by: rvodden on February 20, 2026, 05:51:27 PM

Title: Single Line Drop Caps
Post by: rvodden on February 20, 2026, 05:51:27 PM
I'm having a strange problem with DropCaps. I have a 2 line dropcap selected, and the drop cap has appeared 3 lines deep with only a single line following it:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Cj9ZPhGygOEC_ZD_kKtwJCuRaTQjqiT5

In other places it works fine though:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xuTT1fQSm81CfSbT9SUu65L2JiDk-fcB

Does anyone have any idea what is going?
Title: Re: Single Line Drop Caps
Post by: AdmFubar on February 20, 2026, 08:13:54 PM
Looks like an issue with the font. I noticed that you are using different fonts in your examples. Try a different one for the problematic drop cap and see if that clears it up.
Title: Re: Single Line Drop Caps
Post by: utnik on February 20, 2026, 08:49:51 PM
hi rvodden

try to reduce the font size of the style for the drop caps to something below the value of the baseline grid.

utnik