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That's called a lead-in. The general idea is to use special formatting (e.g. all caps, small caps, italics) to gently guide the reader to recognize where the text begins (or resumes after a break).

If sections are marked with headers, guidance like that isn't strictly necessary. In those cases, the use of lead-ins is a style choice.

And, yes, that kind of formatting is the publisher's job, not the writer's.

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