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Specificationhttps://drafts.csswg.org/css-inline/#initial-letter-styling Design docs https://bit.ly/3KzJ27G 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 CSS property "initial-letter". Blink componentBlink>Layout>Inline <https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/list?q=component:Blink%3ELayout%3EInline> TAG reviewWebKit shipped `-webkit-initial-letter`. TAG review statusNot applicable Risks Interoperability and Compatibility Chrome supports full syntax of `initial-letter`: 1 `initial-letter:` number 2 `initial-letter:` number integer 3.`initial-letter:` number `drop` 4.`initial-letter:` number `raise` However Safari supports: 1. `-webkit-initial-letter:` integer 2. `-webkit-initial-letter:` integer integer So, web authors needs to use Safari compatible syntax. *Gecko*: In development ( https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/711) No active development since 2017. *WebKit*: Shipped/Shipping ( https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/94) Needs to use prefix version `-webkit-initial-letter`. Supports only an integer size. No `drop` and `raise` keyword support. *Web developers*: No signals It’s implemented only in Safari, 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 *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? None. Debuggability Will this feature be supported on all six Blink platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux, Chrome OS, Android, and Android WebView)?No Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests <https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/main/docs/testing/web_platform_tests.md> ?No DevTrial instructionshttps://output.jsbin.com/basukanebo/1 Flag name Requires code in //chrome?False Tracking bughttps://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1276900 Non-OSS dependencies Does the feature depend on any code or APIs outside the Chromium open source repository and its open-source dependencies to function? No. Sample links https://output.jsbin.com/basukanebo/1 Estimated milestones M110 Anticipated spec changes Open questions about a feature may be a source of future web compat or interop issues. Please list open issues (e.g. links to known github issues in the project for the feature specification) whose resolution may introduce web compat/interop risk (e.g., changing to naming or structure of the API in a non-backward-compatible way). None. Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status https://chromestatus.com/feature/5167442033115136 Links to previous Intent discussionsIntent to prototype: https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CABJ-EHNMC29gEMkgopMJFW6LfWCCuxXmC0F%2BRPpOuM%3Dznbo5LQ%40mail.gmail.com Intent to Experiment: https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CABJ-EHPFVLa-frSXmjhbK97L%3D8eh7ZeS6Uap3BiSNfksDicdHA%40mail.gmail.com This intent message was generated by Chrome Platform Status <https://chromestatus.com/>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "blink-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/dcc32334-ed12-4c85-b80e-0eb97027496cn%40chromium.org.
