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the first word is recently, with a very large space between the capitalized R and ecently.

So R ecently.

I thought it was going to be about the R programming language and am still upset it wasn't.

Presumably, you're using Firefox or Safari, and so the `initial-letter` CSS property they're trying to use to make a big serif 'R' dropcap letter is breaking: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/initial-let...

(You're not missing much. 'A large serif letter from the body font' is about the most boring possible dropcap and not really worth the hassle, IMO.)

Haha guilty! Doesn't show up well on mobile. Fixing it today!

good catch, I didn't think about that possibility. Although personal opinion, nearly always hate drop caps on the web - maybe OK for poetry on Medium or something where you have limited design possibilities, otherwise disturbing concentration.

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