Re: [docbook-apps] How to change the font size of a single charac ter?

[Mike Haberman <mikeh@ncsa.uiuc.edu>]

all great questions.

I would like to mark up the element. (e.g

<para>
   This is a t<big>e</big>st.
<para>

I am pretty new to docbook.  I don't know if there is a specific element
that can be used for this purpose.  My hack is to use some element I
I am not using, then assign the role attribute and hopefully figure out
within dsssl to apply the font styles.

My target is PDF.  I am using openjade, pdfjadetex, docbook 4.2 and dsssl
1.78

thanks!!

mike



On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 03:07:42PM -0400, Jeff Beal wrote:
> How are you selecting the letter in question?  What logic are you using to
> determine the "BIG" letter?  Is it the first letter of the first para in a
> chapter, or is it arbitrary?  Are you putting that letter inside of an
> element (highly recommended)?  Which output format are you targeting?  If
> HTML, do you want the styling to be inline CSS or in an external style
> sheet?
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mike Haberman [mailto:mikeh@ncsa.uiuc.edu]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 3:01 PM
> > To: docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org
> > Subject: [docbook-apps] How to change the font size of a single
> > character?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> >   I was wondering if someone could tell what I need to do to change
> >   the font size of a single character within a paragraph:
> > 
> >   <para>
> >       I want the letter 'A' to be 24 pt. within the word want.
> >   </para>
> > 
> >   what do I need to do to make this work?
> > 
> >   thanks to anyone who can help!!
> > 
> >   mike
> > 
> > 
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Mike Haberman
Senior Research Engineer
NCSA
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