Capital letters - Other meanings

Capital letters or majuscules (in the Roman alphabet: A, B, C, ...) are one type of case in a writing system. Capital letters (also simply called capitals or caps) are also known as upper case; manual typesetters kept them in the upper drawers of a desk, keeping the more frequent minuscule letters on the lower shelf. This practice may date back to Johann Gutenberg. Some languages make no distinction between capital and lowercase letters. Latin, for one, was originally written usi ...

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In alphabets with a case distinction, capitals are used for: Capitalization, Acronyms, Better legibility, for example on signs and in labeling, and Emphasis in some languages. Capital letters are sometimes used for typographical emphasis in Internet text in place of bolding or italicizing. However, long spans of text in all uppercase are harder to read because of the absence of ascenders and descenders found in lowercase letters, which can aid recognition. In printed material where acrony ...

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Capital letters, Capital letters - Usage, Capital letters - Other meanings

Read more here: » Capital letters: Encyclopedia II - Capital letters - Usage

In alphabets with a case distinction, capitals are used for: Capitalization, Acronyms, Better legibility, for example on signs and in labeling, and Emphasis in some languages. Capital letters are sometimes used for typographical emphasis in Internet text in place of bolding or italicizing. However, long spans of text in all uppercase are harder to read because of the absence of ascenders and descenders found in lowercase letters, which can aid recognition. In printed material where acrony ...

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Capital letters, Capital letters - Usage, Capital letters - Other meanings, Capital letters - External link

Read more here: » Capital letters: Encyclopedia II - Capital letters - Usage