Class Notes Drop Cap Layout
A drop-cap layout completed for a classroom notes scenario: includes real content, actionable controls, clear status feedback, and responsive layouts across sizes.
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<header class="mast"><div><span class="eyebrow">magazine / drop cap typography / INTERMEDIATE</span><h1>Class Notes Drop Cap Layout</h1><p class="intro">A drop-cap layout completed for a classroom notes scenario: includes real content, actionable controls, clear status feedback, and responsive layouts across sizes.</p></div><span class="scenario">Class notes</span></header>
<div class="composition-studio"><div class="studio-ruler" aria-hidden="true"></div><section class="demo" aria-label="Class Notes drop cap typography interactive area"><div id="workflowSpatial" class="workflow-spatial" style="--spatial-width:64%;--spatial-zoom:1"><header><div><span class="eyebrow">Class Notes SPATIAL CANVAS</span><h2>Class Notes Console</h2></div><label>Reading Length Ratio<input id="workflowSpatialWidth" type="range" min="38" max="82" value="64"><output id="workflowSpatialWidthValue">64%</output></label><label>Content Scaling<input id="workflowSpatialZoom" type="range" min="80" max="120" value="100"><output id="workflowSpatialZoomValue">100%</output></label></header><div class="spatial-grid"><section id="workflowCore" class="workflow-core spatial-core"><!-- 11DZ_CORE_START:typography-text-drop-cap --><div class="drop-cap-lab"><aside class="drop-cap-controls panel"><span class="eyebrow">DROP CAP</span><h2>Drop Cap Layout</h2><label>Drop cap lines <input id="dropRows" type="range" min="2" max="6" value="4" data-core-bridge="typography-text-drop-cap"><output id="dropRowsValue">4 line</output></label><div class="row" role="group" aria-label="Drop Cap Style"><button class="action drop-style is-active" type="button" data-drop-style="solid" aria-pressed="true">Solid</button><button class="action drop-style" type="button" data-drop-style="outline" aria-pressed="false">Outline</button></div></aside><article id="dropArticle" class="drop-article"><span>Class Notes · EDITORIAL</span><h3>Build a reading rhythm from the very first character.</h3><p>The wind passes through the street corner, bringing the sound of paper and leaves. The drop cap turns the opening into a visual anchor, allowing readers to enter the story naturally without disrupting the semantic order of the paragraph itself.</p><p>On narrow screens, the layout tightens its margins, but the drop cap still keeps a clear relationship with the body baseline.</p></article></div><!-- 11DZ_CORE_END --></section><input id="workflowSpatialHandle" class="spatial-handle" type="button" value="↔" aria-label="Drag to adjust the main case preview width"><aside><strong>Class Notes Layout Adjustment</strong><p>The key points in the classroom notes and the completion of classroom note reading will be reflowed according to the canvas size.</p><output id="workflowSpatialStatus">Width 64%, zoom 100%</output><input id="workflowSpatialApply" class="action primary" type="button" value="Application Layout"></aside></div></div><p id="status" class="status" role="status" aria-live="polite"></p></section></div>
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