What is the name of a capital letter that is the first letter in a paragraph but is set in a larger font size than the rest of the characters in the paragraph?

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What is the name of a capital letter that is the first letter in a paragraph but is set in a larger font size than the rest of the characters in the paragraph?

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It's called a "drop cap."

Chiubaka answered Oct 15, 2018

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