Comments on: First-letter bugginess

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:08:23 +0000

I’ve discovered that Safari, annoyingly, runs text over the tail of a Q – at least the Times New Roman One I’ve just used. Annoying.

By: Mike Cherim

Mike Cherim — Fri, 30 May 2008 12:56:36 +0000

You can adjust the baseline I think John. I realize it doesn’t solve the actual issue you’re writing about. I mentioned it because in some instances it’ll work out well for those who don’t know it.

By: John Faulds

John Faulds — Fri, 30 May 2008 03:18:21 +0000

Hi Mike,

Not really. The resizing of the first-letter on :hover bug still exists in Firefox. Actually it doesn’t matter whether your text is uppercase or small-caps or not, it still exists. The article’s more about documentating the ‘bugginess’ than finding a solution to my specific styling issue.

But bug aside, small-caps still doesn’t give me the effect I’m going for as it only increases the size of the first letter a little bit and not as much as I wanted.

By: Mike Cherim

Mike Cherim — Fri, 30 May 2008 03:01:11 +0000

John, this might make life a lot easier for you. It's what I use at my GreenMethods.com site:

h2 {
  font-variant : small-caps;
}