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.
Best Answer
This particular font is not available at the size you require (if you read the log LaTeX tells you that it has substituted a font). Scale it manually to suit, using
scalebox
.You can change the
\fontsize{50}{60}
to higher values and you can observe the fact that no larger font size is available. Best of course to change my MWE to a small macro rather than lump the parameters with the text.Scaling fonts this way is not a very good idea. Artistically when fonts are scaled up or down they use mathematical formulae to compensate for various parameters that affect their aesthetics. Best to find a scalable font.
To change the point size as per egreg's comments try this.