How to Create Drop Caps in InDesign
Channel: Gary Bradley
Date: 2020-01-03

In this episode, we take a look at how you can create a drop cap within InDesign CC 2020. Three techniques that offer different value, the first ad-hoc editing and takes no more than five seconds, the second as a paragraph style, and the third as a combination of Character and Paragraph styles to add colour details and more control.

Create a basic Drop Cap 
Create a Drop Cap as a Paragraph Style
Create a Drop Cap with coloured backgrounds 
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