/*   extdropcap.css  */

body {
padding: 10px;   /* note p. 92 - orig body padding was 10px */
     }

p {
  margin-top: 0;
  line-height: 1.3em;
  }


.dropCap {
float: left;
background: #C0C0C0;     /*  #aaaaaa; default plain background */
color: #ffffff;
font: 150% "Arial Black", Arial, sans-serif;   /* orig font was 300% */
line-height: 100%;   /*  100%;  default  */
margin:  0 0.2em 0 0;        /* sets whitespace outside around dropcap: top,bottom,left,right */
padding:  0.1em  0.2em;     /* top&bottom, left&right */
border: 1px solid #444444;   /* adds thin  border around dropcap  */
/*  background: url(dropcap_gradient.gif) top left;  Optional-uses a gray-scale GIF that lightens top to bottom */
         }