<span="dropcap">first character only</span>

Re: [rez] first character only

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:12:54 -0700

If it is not absolutely critical that everyone see the styled drop cap, you can also use CSS to do this...

.dropcap:first-letter {
	float: left;
	font-size: 4em;
	line-height: .8em;
	margin-right: 3px;
	padding: 2px;
}

more info here:

http://www.cvwdesign.com/txp/article/397/how-to-create-drop-caps-with-css-and-css3

Re: [rez] first character only

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:15:48 -0700

Hi,

You could try this function:

function wrapFirstCharacter($string){
 
 
  $textArray = str_split($string);
  $textArray[0] = "". $textArray[0]. "";
  $newText = join($textArray);
  
  return $newText;
}

It will take in a string, and then put the span tags around the first character and return it. You can use it like this:

you just replace myTextBox with the name of the field you want to use.

Hope this helps

first character only

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 09:59:57 -0700

I see the max words script but have no idea where to start with this:

I simply want to wrap the first character in a text box entry to make a fancy dropcap.

Hello world. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Nullam dignissim convallis est.

Some help auto isolating the first character from 1 text box in an editor please? :)