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ExplainerNone

Specificationhttps://drafts.csswg.org/css-inline/#initial-letter-styling

Summary

Initial letters are large, decorative letters have been used to start new
sections of text since before the invention of printing. In fact, their use
predates lowercase letters entirely.


Blink will support the CSS property "initial-letter".


Blink componentBlink>Layout>Inline
<https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/list?q=component:Blink%3ELayout%3EInline>

Motivation

It’s implemented only in WebKit, but the usage is high: * 40.2% usage ratio
according to CSS2021 Usage Overview[1]. * 23.9% have used it according to
CSS2021 Typography features[2]. [1]
https://2021.stateofcss.com/en-US/features/#features_overview [2]
https://2021.stateofcss.com/en-US/features/typography/#initial_letter


Initial public proposal

TAG review

TAG review statusNot applicable

Risks


Interoperability and Compatibility



*Gecko*: Working  https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=136484

*WebKit*: Shipped. "initial-letter" and "-webkit-initial-letter" properties

*Web developers*: 59.5% developers know

*Other signals*:

WebView application risks

Does this intent deprecate or change behavior of existing APIs, such that
it has potentially high risk for Android WebView-based applications?



Debuggability



Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests
<https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/main/docs/testing/web_platform_tests.md>
?We will have tests.

Flag nameCSSInitialLetter

Requires code in //chrome?False

Tracking bughttps://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1276900

Estimated milestones

No milestones specified


Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status
https://chromestatus.com/feature/5167442033115136

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