Yes, I agree. But this attempt at “drop caps” is an insult to drop caps.
Compare these drop caps on gwern.net:
Example 1
Example 2
Example 3
Example 4
Example 5
Yeah, he’s doing it right :-)
(I should note that I am not at all unbiased in recommending the given examples as “the right way”, as I did the current gwern.net site design… but, on that note, thank you for the endorsement! :)
Congrats on the great work then! Maybe ask him about flowers in the margins?
Yes, I agree. But this attempt at “drop caps” is an insult to drop caps.
Compare these drop caps on gwern.net:
Example 1
Example 2
Example 3
Example 4
Example 5
Yeah, he’s doing it right :-)
(I should note that I am not at all unbiased in recommending the given examples as “the right way”, as I did the current gwern.net site design… but, on that note, thank you for the endorsement! :)
Congrats on the great work then! Maybe ask him about flowers in the margins?