Doing an interlinear text - how to combine lettrine with expex?

Question

I am doing interlinear text with expex as described in this answer

% !TEX TS-program = XeLaTeX

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{Palatino Linotype}
\setsansfont{Arial}
\newfontfamily\versefont{Tahoma}

\usepackage{expex}
\lingset{everygla=\footnotesize\sffamily, % formatting the numbers in the gla line
    glwordalign=center, % center alignment within glwords
    aboveglbskip=-0.4ex, % narrows the vertical gap between the gla and glb lines
    glhangstyle=none, % no hanging indent
    glspace=!0pt plus .2em, % widens the allowable space between glwords to avoid overfull lines
    glrightskip=0pt plus .5\hsize} % widens the allowable space between the right margin and the end of the last glword on a line to avoid overfull lines

\newcommand{\vs}[1]{{\bfseries\versefont #1}}

\begin{document}
\exdisplay
\begingl
\gla 976 {} 1078 2424 5547 5207 1138 5207 11 {} 11 1080 o2464 1161 2464 1080 o2384 1161 2384 1080 o2455 2532 o80 846 {} 1161 2455 1080 o5329 2532 o2196 1537 o2283 1161 5329 1080 o2074 1161 2074 1080 o689 {} 1161//
\glb \underline{Zwój księgi} (o) narodzinach Jezusa Chrystusa, syna Dawida, syna Abrahama. \vs{2} Abraham zrodził Izaaka, a Izaak zrodził Jakuba, a Jakub zrodził Judę, i braci jego, \vs{3} a Juda zrodził Faresa i Zarę z Tamary, a Fares zrodził Esroma, a Esrom zrodził Arama, \vs{4} a//
\endgl
\xe
\end{document}

How to combine lettrine with expex to get text like bellow?

Answer 1

You can use the lettrine options loversize to increase the height of the number and lraise to lower it into the right position relative to the text lines, as shown below.

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{Palatino Linotype}
\setsansfont{Arial}
\newfontfamily\versefont{Tahoma}
\usepackage{lettrine}
\usepackage{expex}
\lingset{everygla=\footnotesize\sffamily, % formatting the numbers in the gla line
    glwordalign=center, % center alignment within glwords
    aboveglbskip=-0.4ex, % narrows the vertical gap between the gla and glb lines
    glhangstyle=none, % no hanging indent
    glspace=!0pt plus .2em, % widens the allowable space between glwords to avoid overfull lines
    glrightskip=0pt plus .5\hsize} % widens the allowable space between the right margin and the end of the last glword on a line to avoid overfull lines

\newcommand{\vs}[1]{{\bfseries\versefont #1}}

\begin{document}
\exdisplay
\begingl
\lettrine[loversize=1,lraise=-1.3]{1 }{}%
\gla 976 {} 1078 2424 5547 5207 1138 5207 11 {} 11 1080 o2464 1161 2464 1080 o2384 1161 2384 1080 o2455 2532 o80 846 {} 1161 2455 1080 o5329 2532 o2196 1537 o2283 1161 5329 1080 o2074 1161 2074 1080 o689 {} 1161//
\glb \underline{Zwój księgi} (o) narodzinach Jezusa Chrystusa, syna Dawida, syna Abrahama. \vs{2} Abraham zrodził Izaaka, a Izaak zrodził Jakuba, a Jakub zrodził Judę, i braci jego, \vs{3} a Juda zrodził Faresa i Zarę z Tamary, a Fares zrodził Esroma, a Esrom zrodził Arama, \vs{4} a//
\endgl
\xe
\end{document}

If you want to make these settings apply to the whole document rather than just this one chapter number, you can use \renewcommand{\DefaultLoversize}{1} and \renewcommand{\DefaultLraise}{-1.3}.

Answer 2

lettrine seems to need a bit of a push to play nicely, but....

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{Palatino Linotype}
\setsansfont{Arial}
\newfontfamily\versefont{Tahoma}
\usepackage{lettrine}
\usepackage{expex}
\lingset{everygla=\footnotesize\sffamily, % formatting the numbers in the gla line
    glwordalign=center, % center alignment within glwords
    aboveglbskip=-0.4ex, % narrows the vertical gap between the gla and glb lines
    glhangstyle=none, % no hanging indent
    glspace=!0pt plus .2em, % widens the allowable space between glwords to avoid overfull lines
    glrightskip=0pt plus .5\hsize} % widens the allowable space between the right margin and the end of the last glword on a line to avoid overfull lines

\newcommand{\vs}[1]{{\bfseries\versefont #1}}

\begin{document}
\exdisplay
\begingl
\lettrine[lines=1,loversize=.3]{\raisebox{-15pt}{\bfseries1 }}{}%
\gla 976 {} 1078 2424 5547 5207 1138 5207 11 {} 11 1080 o2464 1161 2464 1080 o2384 1161 2384 1080 o2455 2532 o80 846 {} 1161 2455 1080 o5329 2532 o2196 1537 o2283 1161 5329 1080 o2074 1161 2074 1080 o689 {} 1161//
\glb \underline{Zwój księgi} (o) narodzinach Jezusa Chrystusa, syna Dawida, syna Abrahama. \vs{2} Abraham zrodził Izaaka, a Izaak zrodził Jakuba, a Jakub zrodził Judę, i braci jego, \vs{3} a Juda zrodził Faresa i Zarę z Tamary, a Fares zrodził Esroma, a Esrom zrodził Arama, \vs{4} a//
\endgl
\xe
\end{document}