NE of my ideas for this blog when I started it over a year ago (hey, I forgot to do an anniversary post!) was to do weekly posts specifically devoted to things typographical. I'm now implementing this practice, beginning this week, with our very first Typography Tuesday. And what better for my "initial" post than to report on a blog all about drop caps? (Drop caps of course being decorative initials, used as the first letter of the first word of a chapter or paragraph, so named because they usually drop below the baseline of the first line of text – as in the example of this paragraph here!)
I am giddy over finding this project by typographer and illustrator Jessica Hische called the Daily Drop Cap. In September she decided that she would illustrate and post a decorative initial every day ("or at least every work day"). That is quite a commitment! From Jessica's site: "The project will continue for approximately twelve alphabets and are available for non-commercial use as drop caps on your personal blog." Wow. I'm so glad I caught onto this when I did! (If I calculate correctly, we're about half-way through the fourth, with seven and a half to go.)
If you have time, also check out her portfolio site – I'm loving her book covers, and she has some great original typefaces on there too.
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