biblatex: Abbreviated author names?

Question

When using biblatex, how can you obtain abbreviated first names for authors in the bibliography (i.e. like the abbrv bibtex)?

I've been trying to look everywhere in the manual, but so far no luck.

Didn't you remember my answer to one of your former questions? ;-)
Gah! It was your answer that finally made me consider switching to biblatex.. but I didn't used it then.. only until now I remember. :P

Seamus · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-30 11:14:18Z

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Load biblatex with the package option firstinits=true will just print the first inital of author's first names

answered Jun 30 '11 at 11:14

Seamus
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	Aha, now I can see the option. Strange that is buried in the list of “internal options” and without any mention to `abbrv`. Anyway, thanks a lot! – Juan A. Navarro Jun 30 '11 at 11:20
	@Juan the thing is, there are so many options, that it can be difficult to know where to look for the relevant ones! – Seamus Jun 30 '11 at 11:22

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