Tutorial
Create a Drop Cap

Sahafi makes it easy to create drop caps. You'll learn one technique now, as you add a drop cap to the beginning of the feature article in the bulletin.

  1. Select the first character, "T" in the article that starts on page 2 by dragging across it with the I-beam pointer.

  2. Choose Cut from the Edit menu. The "T" is removed from the beginning of the article and stored on the clipboard.

  3. Select the text block tool from the tools palette.

  4. Hold down the Command key while you draw a text block in the top left grid rectangle covered by the top of the text block on page 2. A text block with an insertion point snaps to the grid.

  5. Choose Paste from the Edit menu. The "T" you cut from the beginning of the article is pasted in the text block.

  6. Choose Select All from the Edit menu, then choose Remove Styles from the Edit menu. Removing stylesheets doesn't change the type specs, it just removes the lock the stylesheets places on the text's specifications.

  7. Choose Size from the Format menu and then choose 72.

  8. Choose Leading from the Format menu and then choose Automatic.

  9. Choose Alignment from the Format menu and then choose Center. The "T" fills the center of the text block.