[grotty] drop cap insertion

 ,
/|  |
 |--|  ave you heard of something, perhaps a macro
 |  |) that  would  help  me insert  a letter from
figlet as a drop cap  at the beginning  of a given
paragraph ?  Is grotty suited for such ornaments ?
I assume it could look something like :

 1. cut first letter from paragraph
 2. *somehow* invoke figlet to draw desired drop cap
 3. read drop cap's (w)idth & (h)eight
 4. set the paragraph, indenting h lines by w characters
 5. insert the drop cap in the indented space

My understanding of *roff is limited.

Have a nice sunday,

Martin