This fancy letter A image is in what’s called a swash style. A swash style is simply incorporates a swash or flowing extension to make the letter even fancier. With swashes on all three tips of the letter A and vines that look as if they were growing from the letter, this fancy letter A image certainly is ornamental enough to function as a true drop cap image. Add a bit of swash and flourish to your next project with this public domain letter A image.
So many wonderful illustrations were included in the large work Hill’s Album of Biography and Art from 1882 by Thomas E. Hill. This is but one of them.
This image is copyright free and in the public domain anywhere that extends copyrights 70 years after death or at least 120 years after publication when the original illustrator is unknown.
