Contact [email protected], [email protected]

ExplainerNone

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


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