The Surprisingly Literal Reason We Call Letters “Uppercase” and “Lowercase”
Uppercase and lowercase letters have existed since ancient times—but the terms are much more recent. The origin of the terms ...
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Why Did Ancient Greeks Write Without Spaces or Lowercase Letters?
One immediately notices that Ancient Greek writing exclusively used uppercase letters, without any lowercase ones. This ...
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The Surprisingly Literal Reason We Call Letters “Uppercase” and “Lowercase”
In paleography, upper- and lowercase scripts are known as majuscule ... reduction in the types of noun permitted to take a capital letter.” ...