Move the first word closer to the lettrine

[MarcinCiura]

The space between a lettrine and all the words is equal. In the original, the first word is closer. Also, Bringhurst writes in The Elements of Typographic Style (page 63):

"In English, if the initial letter is A, I or O, a question can arise: is the initial letter itself a word? The answer to this question must come in the spacing of the text in relation to the versal. If the first word of the text is Ahead, for example, excessive space between the initial A and the rest of the word is bound to cause confusion."

[jemmybutton]

Thank you. I thought about that but left for later, and it seems like that later is now. Should work now c8d5db3 except for \regularLettrine. I'll fix it soon too.

[MarcinCiura]

The thing between the lettrine and the first character is a regular space. Its glue expands if the first line is loosely set.

An ideal solution would be:

• Chase the space and replace it e.g. with \hspace{1pt}
• Add \def\lettrinespace{\hspace{4pt}\ignorespaces} somewhere
• Replace cases like \problemNP[3]{К}{ данной}{прямой with \problemNP[3]{К}{\lettrinespace данной}{прямой

[MarcinCiura]

FWIW, the first bullet point above means changing a fragment of line 207 in preamble_be.tex
from \sc\ #3 to \hskip 1.5pt\sc #3.
A similar change should be made in line 189, although I can only see one use of plain \problem (as opposed to \problemNP) in both of your editions.

[jemmybutton]

@mciura Thank you. I'd like to avoid making \lettrinespaceuse necessary for spacing to work correctly, but if i won't be able to make spacing work automatically, i'd use your solution.

[jemmybutton]

@mciura Here's a fix 04ba9ed#diff-b44801cabf4c040d727c2524313832c6R186 . Basically, it always puts the letter following a lettrine at a fixed distance from it, as it did before, but if the first symbol isn't space (which is ignored by TeX), then the first letter is moved closer to its initial.

[jemmybutton]

@mciura Also fixed for \regularLettrine 452cf14

[jemmybutton]

@mciura Some of your suggestions are implemented: 0514404