Expert: Roy Wilhelm - 6/1/2011

Question
I want to have a 2 line Drop Cap for a second character but not for 1st character which is a quotes. Is there any way to do this in Indesign CS4?

Answer
Hi,

I don't think this is possible. From my experience, most people allow the quote to be large like the dropcap. If you want the quote to be small like the regular text, it would have to be placed manually. Also, for good typography, make sure you hang your quote mark outside the edge of the text block.

http://blogs.adobe.com/indesigndocs/text%20effects%20hanging.png