texlive-lettrine
Typeset dropped capitals
The lettrine package supports various dropped capitals styles, typically those described in the French typographic books. In particular, it has facilities for the paragraph text's left edge to follow the outline of capitals that have a regular shape (such as A and V).
- Versions: 2025.2
- Website: https://ctan.org/pkg/lettrine
- Licenses: LPPL 1.3+
- Package source: gnu/packages/tex.scm
- Builds: See build status
- Issues: See known issues
Installation
Install the latest version of texlive-lettrine as follows:
guix install texlive-lettrine
Or install a particular version:
guix install texlive-lettrine@2025.2
You can also install packages in augmented, pure or containerized environments for development or simply to try them out without polluting your user profile. See the guix shell documentation for more information.
Badge code
You can use the following badge to inform users of texlive-lettrine about the latest version available in Guix.
Example HTML:
<a href='https://packages.guix.gnu.org/packages/texlive-lettrine'><img src='https://packages.guix.gnu.org/packages/texlive-lettrine/badges/latest-version.svg' alt='Version in GNU Guix'></a>
Example Markdown:
[](https://packages.guix.gnu.org/packages/texlive-lettrine)
Example Org:
[[https://packages.guix.gnu.org/packages/texlive-lettrine][https://packages.guix.gnu.org/packages/texlive-lettrine/badges/latest-version.svg]]