Drop Cap spacing

Using XP and CS3. In placing a drop cap, using Adobe Garamond with a 3 line drop, the bottom of the letter (using an "A") actually goes into the third line of type. I can't figure out a way to give me a little more space from where the drop cap ends to where the paragraph indention starts. Is there an easy way to do this?
Thanks.
Gordon

If you mean that the bottom right-hand corner of the drop cap
overlaps the first character on the third line of type, you can get
round it by putting a thin space between the first and second
characters of the paragraph, then setting the drop cap to apply to
two characters instead of one.
Noel

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I do believe I answered my own question. I also had the first line indented 2p0, just like the other normal paragraphs. I set the drop cap to 0p0 - on a lark - and the problem resolved itself. I supposed, with a drop cap, there's really no need to indent, so I won't!
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I've found what looks like the solution to this, but it doesn't work (thereby rendering it a non-solution).
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