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CSS Initial Letters

Category
CSS
Type
Chromium catches up
Status
Enabled by default (Chrome 110)
Intent stage
Prepare to ship

Summary

Enables a typographic decoration called "initial letter" or "drop caps." Initial letters are large, decorative letters that have been used to start new sections of text since before the invention of printing. In fact, their use predates lowercase letters entirely.

Motivation

It’s implemented only in WebKit, but the usage is high: * 40.2% usage ratio according to CSS2021 Usage Overview[1]. * 23.9% have used it according to CSS2021 Typography features[2]. [1] https://2021.stateofcss.com/en-US/features/#features_overview [2] https://2021.stateofcss.com/en-US/features/typography/#initial_letter

Standards & signals

Docs: https://bit.ly/3KzJ27G

Samples: https://output.jsbin.com/basukanebo/1

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