Enlarged capitals pg 125

Enlarged capitals are commonly used to be indications to an entrance to a book or chapter. However my question is when should you use it or is it necessary? And how do you create a drop cap?

Enlarged capitals aren’t necessary but “the dropped capital is a separate illustration placed in the layout”. Meaning if your text looks boring after all the indents and kerning you have done, it doesn’t hurt to put a fun touch to the layout. However it must be consistent if building a book for example.

How do i create a drop cap? You can do this on word typophile.com has provided a PDF that explains how to create a drop cap and a blog question where professionals give their input whether or not to use a drop cap and how to use them properly.

PDF File of Drop Cap

http://www2.binghamton.edu/uctd/office/mmdropcap.pdf

Blog Posts about Drop Caps

http://typophile.com/node/75049

http://typophile.com/node/19874