[NTG-context] Re: Quotation mark in drop caps

[Thangalin <thangalin@gmail.com>]

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Thank you Hans.

That's pretty close. Is there a way to make the opening quotation mark
smaller? Ideally, control the font and colour?

Cheers!

On Wed, Jul 10, 2024 at 12:25 AM Hans Hagen via ntg-context <
ntg-context@ntg.nl> wrote:

> On 7/10/2024 9:10 AM, Thangalin wrote:
> >  From TeX.SE, the following solution works; however, it doesn't feel
> > like the "ConTeXt way":
> >
> > % SOT
> > \setuplocalboxes[leftmargin][
> >      style=\bfd,
> >      color=darkred,
> >      distance=0pt,
> > ]
> >
> > \unprotect
> > \define\quoteinitial{%
> >      \futureexpandisap“\quoteinitial_true\quoteinitial_false%
> > }
> >
> > \define\quoteinitial_true{%
> >      \localmargintext[leftmargin]{“}%
> >      \expandafter\placeinitial%
> >      \gobbleoneargument%
> > }
> >
> > \let\quoteinitial_false\placeinitial
> > \protect
> >
> > \starttext
> >      \quoteinitial “We held ConTeXt in high esteem.” \samplefile{bryson}
> >
> >      \quoteinitial We held ConTeXt in high esteem.   \samplefile{bryson}
> > \stoptext
> > %EOT
> >
> > Any suggestions for how to improve it?
> >
> > See also: https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/722275/2148
> > <https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/722275/2148>
> \starttext
>
> \setupbodyfont[dejavu,9pt]
>
> \defineinitial[two][m=1,method=auto]
>
> \setinitial[two]             Knuth   :\ignorespaces\input knuth \par
> \setinitial[two] \quotation {Knuth}  :\ignorespaces\input knuth \par
>
> \stoptext
>
>
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