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drop caps

  • plural
    of drop cap.
    drop cap
    noun
    a capital letter at the beginning of a paragraph, usually itself at the start of a chapter in a book, which is larger than the surrounding text and takes up more than one line of vertical space.

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Chip maker’s post-earnings drop caps a season in which better-than-expected results have done little to lift indexes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

The drop caps a season in which better-than-expected results have done little to lift indexes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026

I’m not sure if we’re actually going to do drop caps soon.

From The Verge ● Dec. 8, 2020

I didn’t even consider drop caps, but now that you’ve said it, I love that idea.

From The Verge ● Dec. 8, 2020

The original book opened with an ornamental drop cap on the first sentence; the transcriber has added similar drop caps at the commencement of each chapter to make presentation consistent.

From A Son of the Immortals by Howard Chandler Christy

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