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From: gmb@natcorp.ox.ac.uk (Glynis Baguley)
Subject: Re: Why and where from - Upper case
Message-ID: <1995Mar23.140118.20578@onionsnatcorp.ox.ac.uk>
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References: <795043747snz@pfox.demon.co.uk> <3k2jts$f9s@anduin.subculture.chnet.ch>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 14:01:18 GMT
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In article <3k2jts$f9s@anduin.subculture.chnet.ch> cwernli@anduin.subculture.chnet.ch (Christoph Wernli) writes:
> Peter E Fox (peter@pfox.demon.co.uk) wrote:
> :                Q: Why do we have capital letters?
> : Question 2:
> : ----------
> : Where did the use of capitals originate?
> 
> Give it a try with easier reading. Have a look a postings that have been 
> written without any capitals at all. Dreadfull to just have a glance at - 
> you have to go through the entire document to grasp its content.

But lower-case is easier to read than upper-case, because there is
more variation in letter shape: some letters have ascenders or
descenders or both.

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