Re: (erielack) Capitals - OT

[Charles_Walsh_@_Berlex.com]

Mike,

I agree.  I find reading more than a few words typed in CAPS as tiring and
difficult to read  If caps were better, I'm sure that ALL the newspapers,
magazines and books would be printed using caps.  Obviously, they know
better.

Chuck



                                                                                                                                  
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Dear List,

An instructor once told me that people better recognize words written in
lower case, tending to recognize the shape of words before they note the
letters in an upper-case word.   He had extensively studied the literature.

It rings true for me.  But, as was pointed out earlier, considerations such
as lighting, etc., can be more important.

(I dropped the capital letters for this next sentence.)
in e-mail, i'd rather read all lower case.

Mike Nickerson
Central California, USA


Charles_Walsh_@_Berlex.com> sent:
Rick,

The avoidance of all caps in e-language is universal as far as I know.  The
good thing about it is that it does allow for using caps for emphasis,
since italics and bold type are often unavailable.  If we use ALL CAPS
there's no good way to emphasis a word of phrase.

Chuck
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