drop cap

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drop cap (plural drop caps)

  1. (typography) A large initial letter that drops below the first line of a paragraph, usually used at the beginning of a section or chapter of a book.
    • 1995, Ron Mansfield, Mastering Word 6 for Windows, Sybex, →ISBN:
      Graphics can also be used as drop caps.

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