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Some Language s make no distinction between capital and lowercase letters. Latin , for one, was originally written using only one set of letters—those which we now call the capitals. USAGE In alphabets with a case distinction, capitals are used for: # Capitalization , # Acronym s, # Better legibility, for example on Sign s and in Label ing, and # Emphasis (in some languages). Capital letters were sometimes used for typographical emphasis in text made on a typewriter. However, long spans of text in all uppercase are harder to read because of the absence of the Ascender s and Descender s found in lowercase letters, which can aid recognition. With the advent of modern computer editing technology and the Internet , emphasis is usually indicated by Bolding or Italicizing , similar to what has long been common practice in print. When Acronym s require a string of uppercase letters, they are frequently reduced in size by a Point or more to make them easier to read. (By contrast, the " Small Print " in legal documents is often capitalized to make it harder to read.) In Electronic Communications , it is often considered very poor " Netiquette " to type in all capitals, because it can be harder to read and because it can be seen as tantamount to shouting. Capitalization is the Writing of a Word with its first Letter in upper-case and the remaining letters in lower-case. Capitalization rules vary by Language and are often quite complex, but in most modern languages that have capitalization, the first word of every Sentence is capitalized, as are all Proper Noun s. Some languages, such as German , capitalize the first letter of all nouns; this was previously common in English as well. OTHER MEANINGS Sometimes a manuscript itself is called Majuscule, for example the majuscule Codex Vaticanus . SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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