{"id":620,"date":"2020-12-01T00:13:13","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T00:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commlabs.simmons.edu\/?p=620"},"modified":"2020-12-01T00:13:14","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T00:13:14","slug":"drop-caps-in-indesign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commlabs.simmons.edu\/index.php\/2020\/12\/01\/drop-caps-in-indesign\/","title":{"rendered":"Drop Caps in InDesign"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Create and format a Drop Cap in InDesign\" width=\"648\" height=\"365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qX53afwpYBg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This video demonstrates how to create a drop cap and format it with paragraph and character styles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is a <strong>drop cap<\/strong>? <br>Also known as an Initial Cap, they typically involve a stylization and enlargement of the first letter of the first word in a paragraph and extends into at least one or more lines of text below. They are often very decorative and were first seen in biblical texts. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This video demonstrates how to create a drop cap and format it with paragraph and character styles. What is a drop cap? Also known as an Initial Cap, they typically involve a stylization and enlargement of the first letter of the first word in a paragraph and extends into at least one or more lines &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/commlabs.simmons.edu\/index.php\/2020\/12\/01\/drop-caps-in-indesign\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Drop Caps in InDesign<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":621,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"yes","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,17,11],"tags":[125,44,50],"class_list":["post-620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adobe","category-graphic-design","category-indesign","tag-drop-cap","tag-tips-tricks","tag-typography"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/commlabs.simmons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-26-at-16.53.29.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/commlabs.simmons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-26-at-16.53.29.png",765,986,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/commlabs.simmons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-26-at-16.53.29.png",765,986,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/commlabs.simmons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-26-at-16.53.29.png",765,986,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/commlabs.simmons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-26-at-16.53.29-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/commlabs.simmons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-26-at-16.53.29-233x300.png",233,300,true],"large":["https:\/\/commlabs.simmons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-26-at-16.53.29.png",648,835,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/commlabs.simmons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-26-at-16.53.29.png",765,986,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/commlabs.simmons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-26-at-16.53.29.png",765,986,false],"edin-thumbnail-landscape":["https:\/\/commlabs.simmons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-26-at-16.53.29-330x240.png",330,240,true],"edin-thumbnail-square":["https:\/\/commlabs.simmons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-26-at-16.53.29-330x330.png",330,330,true],"edin-thumbnail-avatar":["https:\/\/commlabs.simmons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-26-at-16.53.29-96x96.png",96,96,true],"edin-featured-image":["https:\/\/commlabs.simmons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-26-at-16.53.29-648x835.png",648,835,true],"edin-hero":["https:\/\/commlabs.simmons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-26-at-16.53.29.png",765,986,false],"edin-logo":["https:\/\/commlabs.simmons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-26-at-16.53.29-149x192.png",149,192,true]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Bridget Fong","author_link":"https:\/\/commlabs.simmons.edu\/index.php\/author\/fongb\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/commlabs.simmons.edu\/index.php\/category\/adobe\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Adobe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/commlabs.simmons.edu\/index.php\/category\/graphic-design\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Graphic Design<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/commlabs.simmons.edu\/index.php\/category\/adobe\/indesign\/\" rel=\"category tag\">InDesign<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"This video demonstrates how to create a drop cap and format it with paragraph and character styles. 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