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Drop Cap

Vangie Beal
Last Updated May 24, 2021 7:41 am

In desktop publishing, the first letter of a paragraph that is enlarged to “drop” down two or more lines, as in the next paragraph. Drop caps are often seen at the beginning of novels, where the top of the first letter of the first word lines up with the top of the first sentence and drops down to the four or fifth sentence.

to the beginning of a section.