Is there a typographic term for...
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- BrokenAC
those nicely illustrated single letters that start the first paragraph of a new chapter in neat old books? Where like a dragon or something wraps around the letter "A." I'd love to find a collection of em. Kinda like in o.g. versions of Aesop's Fables I imagine... gyeahh
- neue75_bold0
ornamental initials?
- kelpie0
illuminated caps
- hoopy0
you may dind something here
- neue75_bold0
Versal?
- Hanseatic0
also, they are described to as two-line, three-line, four-line super caps etc, depending on how many lines of text they indent.
- ian0
- mimeartist0
siscottigraphs
- drgs0
just 'initials'
- neue75_bold0
there used to be a russian site that had hundreds you could download in .eps/vector format... shame that site's not around anymore...
- 23kon0
you can decorate it up as much as you want, it's still just a letter.
- kelpie0
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/int…
these look ok too...
- drgs0
for a hundredth time -- initials
http://www.myfonts.com/search?se…
