文章首字或段落首字用大号印刷体照排，是目前通俗性刊物的一种时髦。这些文首字或段首字（包括层首字）要大出其他字三倍，甚至九倍，如《文艺生活》（1997年第4期）、《音像世界》（1997年第8期）。笔者认为，编排者这样设计的主要目的不外乎两个：一是为了编排新颖，二是为 The first word of the article or paragraph with the first large print body photos, is currently a popular publication of a trendy. These first words or paragraphs of the first word (including the first word) to be larger than other words three times, or even nine times, such as “literary life” (1997 fourth period), “audiovisual world” (1997 eighth period) . The author believes that the arrangement of the main purpose of this design is nothing more than two: one is to arrange novel, the second is