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[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 35 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'd rather they bring back the first letter of a beginning of composition being a square-blocked, detailed picture with the letter built in somehow.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

It's called "illuminated manuscript".

The drop cap is pretty much all that's left of it in modern typesetting.