I am trying to achieve what I would call a simple customization and yet I can't manage to get it. In particular I would like to have the first letter of the paragraph written in Gothic font such as in this image
I tried using the packages lettrine
and yfonts
but it seems that I'm missing something... Here is my code yet
\documentclass[oneside, 11pt]{memoir}
\usepackage{lettrine}
\usepackage{yfonts}
\begin{document}
\yinipar{L}{orem} ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisici elit, sed eiusmod tempor incidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequat. Quis aute iure reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur.
\yinipar{\textgoth{L}}{orem} ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisici elit, sed eiusmod tempor incidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequat. Quis aute iure reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur.
\lettrine[lines=3]{\gothfamily\fontsize{50}{60}L}{orem} ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisici elit, sed eiusmod tempor incidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequat. Quis aute iure reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur.
\lettrine[lines=3]{\textgoth{L}}{orem} ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisici elit, sed eiusmod tempor incidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequat. Quis aute iure reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur.
\end{document}
The command \yinifonts
(first example) uses another font, by trying to change it (second example) I don't get the right font dimension. Using the \lettrine
I feel to be much closer but I cant get to make this font 3 lines high.
\lettrine[lines=3, loversize=-1, lraise=-0.15]{\initfamily L}{orem ipsum}
in the past. Thelraise
helps hide the problem that\initfamily
does not always scale well to the chosen font size (much easier to use a12pt
size for your main font and match exactly three lines, e.g.). – jon Aug 31 '13 at 15:31