The First Letter of a New Chapter

About

The First Letter of a New Chapter refers to a series of object-labeling images in which the larger object is labeled "the first letter of a new chapter" and the smaller is labeled "the second." The images which exaggerate the typical typography used at the start of every book's new chapter became popular on Reddit in December 2019.

Origin

On December 18th, 2019, Redditor arft123 posted a nobody: meme to r/dankmemes^[1] which noted the size of the first letter of a new chapter (shown below). The image gained over 14,900 points (96% upvoted) in two days.

Spread

On December 19th, 2019, Redditor Suspect_Falcon posted a comparison of the first and second letter of a chapter to r/dankmemes^[2] (shown below, left). The post received over 61,300 points (94% upvoted) in a day. That same day, Redditor dvdh_03 posted another iteration to r/memes^[3] (shown below, right). The post gained over 85,700 points (95% upvoted) in a day.

Various Examples

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