After nearly 2 hours wrestling with Outlook to get a drop cap to work, I finally came upon this solution.
- Created a picture of the letter to be drop capped.
- Insert a table that is left aligned with the drop cap picture as the content.
- Add this code to avoid letters being cut off: mso-table-rspace:7pt;. This apparently adds some space to the table. Otherwise parts of the letters next to the floated table will be truncated.
If you don’t want to use the photo, perhaps since you can’t guarantee the font that will be displayed, you can put the first letter in the table instead without making it a picture. However, the vertical alignment will be off (either high or low). Depending on your use, it may not be a big problem. But if you are a stickler for perfection, it will annoy you greatly.
If you have found a way to use the font and get the vertical alignment fixed, please let me know.