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DropCap

This library can be used to create a DropCap in your app! A DropCap is the first letter of a paragraph that's of a much bigger size than the rest that follow. The formatting is such that the DropCap spans (drops down) to cover the few lines following the first.

If there are not enough lines to wrap the DropCap then the style on the first character will default to the style of the copy text. This styling is to keep the text consist when a DropCap is not present.

Use Case	Description
	Standard usage of the DropCap library
	A DropCap can be applied to multiple characters using the numberOfDropCaps xml attribute. This feature was added to handle the case in which the DropCap is immediately preceded by a quotation mark.
	In the event that the numberOfDropCaps is too large to accommodate any copy text immediately after the DropCap, the library will remove the DropCap capability and default to copy only.
	In the event that not enough text is supplied to completely wrap a DropCap, the library will remove the DropCap and default to copy only.

Adding to your project

To start using this library, add these lines to the build.gradle of your project:

repositories {
    jcenter()
}

dependencies {
    compile 'com.novoda:drop-cap:<latest-version>'
}

Simple usage

Simply add DropCapView to one of your layout xml files and use the following xml attributes for customization.

    <attr name="numberOfDropCaps" format=“integer” />	
    <attr name="lineSpacingExtra" format="dimension" />
    <attr name="dropCapTextSize" format="dimension" />
    <attr name="dropCapTextColor" format="color" />
    <attr name="dropCapFontPath" format="string" />

    <attr name="copyTextSize" format="dimension" />
    <attr name="copyTextColor" format="color" />
    <attr name="copyFontPath" format="string" />

    <attr name="android:text" />

For ease of use, the DropCapView uses the android:text attribute to specify text via the xml layout.

For further usage or to delve more deeply checkout the associated sample app.

Links

Here are a list of useful links:

• We always welcome people to contribute new features or bug fixes, here is how
• If you have a problem check the Issues Page first to see if we are working on it