(function(){
	jQuery.fn.DropCap = function(settings){
		var rootNode = this;
		settings = jQuery.extend({
			mode: 'text',
			imgPath: 'images/caps/',
			imgType: 'png'
		}, settings);
		
		if (!/[a-zA-Z]/.test(rootNode.html().substr(0,1))){
			// Jump out of jQuery into the DOM
			var DOMnode = rootNode[0];
			while(DOMnode.childNodes.length){
				DOMnode = DOMnode.firstChild; // Jump into the first child element
			}
			node = jQuery(DOMnode.parentNode); // Jump back into jQuery.
		}else{
			node = rootNode; // Make a copy to work with.
		}
		
		var firstletter = node.html().substr(0,1);
		
		if (!/[a-zA-Z]/.test(firstletter))
		{
		    return;
			//Usually for quotation marks;
		}
		else{
		
		    node.html(node.html().slice(1)); // Remove the first letter
			if(settings.mode != 'img'){
				rootNode.prepend('<span class="dropcap' + firstletter + '"></span>');
			}else{
				rootNode.prepend('<img />')
					.attr('src', settings.imgPath + firstletter + '.' + settings.imgType)
					.attr('alt', firstletter)
					.addclass('dropcap');
			}
		}
	};
})(jQuery);