This Flutter plugin aims to achive drop cap in text capitalization.

Usage

import 'package:drop_cap_text/drop_cap_text.dart';

DropCapText(
    loremIpsumText,
    style: TextStyle(fontStyle: FontStyle.italic),
),

Properties

Name	Type	Default	Description
data	String	null
mode	DropCapMode	DropCapMode.inside	aside, upwards, ..
textAlign	TextAlign	null
indentation	Offset	Offset.zero
dropCapChars	int	1
dropCapPadding	EdgeInsets	EdgeInsets.zero
dropCap	DropCap [Widget]	null
style	TextStyle	null
dropCapStyle	TextStyle
forceNoDescent	bool	false
parseInlineMarkdown	bool	false	bold
dropCapPosition	DropCapPosition	DropCapPosition.start
textDirection	TextDirection	TextDirection.ltr
maxLines	int
overflow	TextOverflow	TextOverflow.clip

Customization

Custom DropCap Widget: Image

DropCapText(
    loremIpsumText,
    dropCap: DropCap(
    width: 100,
    height: 100,
    child: Image.network(
    	'https://www.codemate.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/flutter-logo.png')
    ),
),

---

Custom DropCap Widget: Parse Inline Markdown

only supports italic bold underline

DropCapText(
  'Lorem ipsum **dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, ++sed do eiusmod++ tempor incididunt** ut labore et _dolore magna aliqua_.',
  parseInlineMarkdown: true,
  dropCapStyle: TextStyle(fontSize: 100, fontWeight: FontWeight.bold, color: Colors.green),
  dropCapPadding: EdgeInsets.only(right: 19.0),
  style: TextStyle(fontSize: 18.0, height: 1.5),
),

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Custom DropCap Widget: Image right + justification

DropCapText(
    loremIpsumText,
    dropCapPosition: DropCapPosition.end,
    textAlign: TextAlign.justify,
    dropCap: DropCap(
    width: 100,
    height: 100,
    child: Image.network(
    	'https://www.codemate.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/flutter-logo.png')
    ),
),

---

2 characters + indentation

DropCapText(
    loremIpsumText,
    style: TextStyle(
        height: 1.3,
        fontFamily: 'times',
    ),
    dropCapChars: 2,
    indentation: Offset(25, 10),
),

---

Upward drop cap

DropCapText(
    loremIpsumText,
    mode: DropCapMode.upwards,
    dropCapStyle: TextStyle(
        color: Colors.red,
        fontWeight: FontWeight.bold,
        fontSize: 120,
        fontFamily: 'times',
    ),
),

---

Aside drop cap

DropCapText(
    loremIpsumText,
    style: TextStyle(
        fontWeight: FontWeight.bold,
        height: 1.2,
    ),
    mode: DropCapMode.aside,
),