Being relatively fresh from art school I'm fortunate to still remember the material ingrained in me while at college (well at least for the most part). One of the most applicable lessons, one that I'm sure you've heard before, was the tried and true 'less is more'. In most cases I would have to wholeheartedly agree; in the early days of design school it seemed like a competition as to who could out do each other with the use of drop shadows, embossing, script fonts, italics, and what ever else you could fit on the page. However a contradiction to this old adage came to mind this afternoon as I was thinking of one of my favorite design sites...

he drop cap is a design element that has almost disappeared off the face of the design world in years past, but is making a come back as artists, typographers and designers revamp the stuffy, ornate drop caps of the past into hipper more contemporary alternatives.

Take at look at Jessica Hische's Daily Drop Cap blog (www.dailydropcap.com) and tell me you're not a fan of bringing this ancient design trend back. I'm so in love with some of her letterforms, I'm considering wall papering my bedroom with them Here's a few more for your viewing pleasure.