[Groff] dropcap in HTML could be easier?

[Dorai Sitaram]

I was wondering why Gaius had to generate an image for .DC for the HTML output. 

Using the following CSS declaration

.dropcap {
  line-height: 90%;
  font-size: 400%;
  float: left;
}

and enclosing the letter to be dropped inside 

  <span class=dropcap> ...  </span>

produces a decent dropcap.  (The color argument can be added with another
enclosing <span>.)

I think this trick is from the authors of CSS themselves, Håkon Wium Lie
and Bert Bos.