Print media style drop caps using only CSS

1 · Amit Merchant · Aug. 9, 2021, 11:41 a.m.
The first character in this paragraph, the letter “T”, is called a drop cap or an “initial”. Why? Because in a written or published work, an initial or drop cap is a letter at the beginning of a word, a chapter, or a paragraph that is larger than the rest of the text. Having drop caps in your text adds a nice flavor to the overall aesthetics of your writing layout. For instance, on this blog, as you can see I have implemented the drop cap and it kind of adds a flare to the blog’s design language...