In a written work, an initial is a letter at the beginning of a work, a chapter or a paragraph that is larger than the rest of the text.

The word comes from the Latin initialis, which means standing at the beginning. It is often several lines in height and in older books or manuscripts very often ornately decorated.

In the very early history of printing the typesetters would leave blank the necessary space, so that the initials could be added later by a scribe or miniature painter. Later initials were printed using separate blocks in woodcut or metalcut techniques.

Initial stencils can, of course be used to personalize almost anything. With 3 different sized initials on one stencils your set to decorate gifts or personal items of almost any size.

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