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Some publishers (at least some French ones) use the following layout at the beginning of each chapter of a book.

The first line of the first paragraph appears in large font (say Large) with no indentation. The second line is in smaller but still large font (say large) the third line uses the normal font size but blackface. The special layout ends with line 4 (I assume here that the paragraph has at least four lines).

I have tried to devise how this could be achieved but I have only found (nice) things about lettrines.

I do not include a MWE since I have no clue where to begin and my MWE would be useless.

I am including an example of the layout taken from a book publised in 2012.

documentclass[12pt,a5paper,french]{book}

usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

usepackage{babel,microtype}

UseMicrotypeSet[expansion]{alltext}

frenchbsetup{StandardLayout=true,og= «,fg= »}

pdfpagewidth=paperwidth

pdfpageheight=paperheight

begin{document}

chapter{Le sang des terrassiers}



{bfseries{Large Métro, canaux, voies ferrées, tun-}{large nels, les

    chantiers se multipliaient dans} la France de la Belle Époque, en

  milieu urbain comme en pleine nature, faisant partout surgir} les

terrassier ou «taupiers». Souvent fils de ruraux sans terre, ceux-ci

entraient dans le métier vers l’âge de seize ans. La Bretagne et

l’Auvergne fournissaient les plus gros contingents mais ils étaient

nombreux aussi à venir d’Italie. Les apprentis les plus jeunes, qu’on

appelait «les mousses», n’avaient pas plus de quatorze ans.

end{document}

page

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Thérèse

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  this answer deals with the first line only. the documention for the magaz package that it mentions says that "maybe" special formatting might be addressed for the first n lines (but the package is dated 2011). however, the author is still active, and it might be worth asking him.
  
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  Mar 26 '18 at 15:25
  

  
  
  
  


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  @barbarabeeton Thanks indeed for the pointer. I'll have a look.
  
  – Denis
  Mar 27 '18 at 13:14
  

  
  
  
  


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  @barbarabeeton magaz works well for the first line. I have no clue on what to do for the second or third lines. Does the "maybe" in the documentation means "not for now".
  
  – Denis
  Mar 27 '18 at 14:45
  

  
  
  
  


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  I have a pretty large collection of French books but I’ve never seen this. Do you have an image you could share, or can you point to a particular publisher’s catalog?
  
  – Thérèse
  Mar 27 '18 at 14:48
  

  
  
  
  


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  @Thérèse I'll dig in my library. But I have not invented the layout.
  
  – Denis
  Mar 27 '18 at 15:18
  

  
  
  
  

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1

Some publishers (at least some French ones) use the following layout at the beginning of each chapter of a book.

The first line of the first paragraph appears in large font (say Large) with no indentation. The second line is in smaller but still large font (say large) the third line uses the normal font size but blackface. The special layout ends with line 4 (I assume here that the paragraph has at least four lines).

I have tried to devise how this could be achieved but I have only found (nice) things about lettrines.

I do not include a MWE since I have no clue where to begin and my MWE would be useless.

I am including an example of the layout taken from a book publised in 2012.

documentclass[12pt,a5paper,french]{book}

usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

usepackage{babel,microtype}

UseMicrotypeSet[expansion]{alltext}

frenchbsetup{StandardLayout=true,og= «,fg= »}

pdfpagewidth=paperwidth

pdfpageheight=paperheight

begin{document}

chapter{Le sang des terrassiers}



{bfseries{Large Métro, canaux, voies ferrées, tun-}{large nels, les

    chantiers se multipliaient dans} la France de la Belle Époque, en

  milieu urbain comme en pleine nature, faisant partout surgir} les

terrassier ou «taupiers». Souvent fils de ruraux sans terre, ceux-ci

entraient dans le métier vers l’âge de seize ans. La Bretagne et

l’Auvergne fournissaient les plus gros contingents mais ils étaient

nombreux aussi à venir d’Italie. Les apprentis les plus jeunes, qu’on

appelait «les mousses», n’avaient pas plus de quatorze ans.

end{document}

page

share|improve this question

edited Mar 29 '18 at 18:14

Thérèse

9,53232242

asked Mar 26 '18 at 10:26

DenisDenis

2,638520

• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  this answer deals with the first line only. the documention for the magaz package that it mentions says that "maybe" special formatting might be addressed for the first n lines (but the package is dated 2011). however, the author is still active, and it might be worth asking him.
  
  – barbara beeton
  Mar 26 '18 at 15:25
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @barbarabeeton Thanks indeed for the pointer. I'll have a look.
  
  – Denis
  Mar 27 '18 at 13:14
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @barbarabeeton magaz works well for the first line. I have no clue on what to do for the second or third lines. Does the "maybe" in the documentation means "not for now".
  
  – Denis
  Mar 27 '18 at 14:45
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I have a pretty large collection of French books but I’ve never seen this. Do you have an image you could share, or can you point to a particular publisher’s catalog?
  
  – Thérèse
  Mar 27 '18 at 14:48
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Thérèse I'll dig in my library. But I have not invented the layout.
  
  – Denis
  Mar 27 '18 at 15:18
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 5 more comments

Some publishers (at least some French ones) use the following layout at the beginning of each chapter of a book.

The first line of the first paragraph appears in large font (say Large) with no indentation. The second line is in smaller but still large font (say large) the third line uses the normal font size but blackface. The special layout ends with line 4 (I assume here that the paragraph has at least four lines).

I have tried to devise how this could be achieved but I have only found (nice) things about lettrines.

I do not include a MWE since I have no clue where to begin and my MWE would be useless.

I am including an example of the layout taken from a book publised in 2012.

documentclass[12pt,a5paper,french]{book}

usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

usepackage{babel,microtype}

UseMicrotypeSet[expansion]{alltext}

frenchbsetup{StandardLayout=true,og= «,fg= »}

pdfpagewidth=paperwidth

pdfpageheight=paperheight

begin{document}

chapter{Le sang des terrassiers}



{bfseries{Large Métro, canaux, voies ferrées, tun-}{large nels, les

    chantiers se multipliaient dans} la France de la Belle Époque, en

  milieu urbain comme en pleine nature, faisant partout surgir} les

terrassier ou «taupiers». Souvent fils de ruraux sans terre, ceux-ci

entraient dans le métier vers l’âge de seize ans. La Bretagne et

l’Auvergne fournissaient les plus gros contingents mais ils étaient

nombreux aussi à venir d’Italie. Les apprentis les plus jeunes, qu’on

appelait «les mousses», n’avaient pas plus de quatorze ans.

end{document}

page

share|improve this question

edited Mar 29 '18 at 18:14

Thérèse

9,53232242

asked Mar 26 '18 at 10:26

DenisDenis

2,638520

documentclass[12pt,a5paper,french]{book}

usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

usepackage{babel,microtype}

UseMicrotypeSet[expansion]{alltext}

frenchbsetup{StandardLayout=true,og= «,fg= »}

pdfpagewidth=paperwidth

pdfpageheight=paperheight

begin{document}

chapter{Le sang des terrassiers}



{bfseries{Large Métro, canaux, voies ferrées, tun-}{large nels, les

    chantiers se multipliaient dans} la France de la Belle Époque, en

  milieu urbain comme en pleine nature, faisant partout surgir} les

terrassier ou «taupiers». Souvent fils de ruraux sans terre, ceux-ci

entraient dans le métier vers l’âge de seize ans. La Bretagne et

l’Auvergne fournissaient les plus gros contingents mais ils étaient

nombreux aussi à venir d’Italie. Les apprentis les plus jeunes, qu’on

appelait «les mousses», n’avaient pas plus de quatorze ans.

end{document}

share|improve this question

edited Mar 29 '18 at 18:14

Thérèse

9,53232242

asked Mar 26 '18 at 10:26

DenisDenis

2,638520

share|improve this question

edited Mar 29 '18 at 18:14

Thérèse

9,53232242

asked Mar 26 '18 at 10:26

DenisDenis

2,638520

edited Mar 29 '18 at 18:14

Thérèse

9,53232242

edited Mar 29 '18 at 18:14

Thérèse

9,53232242

asked Mar 26 '18 at 10:26

DenisDenis

2,638520

asked Mar 26 '18 at 10:26

DenisDenis

2,638520