All caps are typically used for either of two reasons: Visual Style Capital letters are often used on covers of magazines, in logos and artsy-typography, usually to emphasise the visual style of the letters themselves, rather than the word. (Example Image) Contextual emphasis: Capital letters can be considered a third form of emphasis, among Italics and Bold text. They are used to …

Mar 3, 2018 · @ tchrist,, the responsibility has practical limits. The question concerned all caps. Not using all caps when proper and practical would not be responsible. The example you use is not of a name, but a logo. In any Common Law Court it would be an exhibit , not a name Of course no entity can dictate how another may set type- and a typesetter is free to be …

Oct 29, 2017 · All caps as a convention to indicate shouting The informal convention or understanding that words typed in all caps automatically and universally signify shouting appears to be an innovation of the computer age.

USING ALL CAPS IN TEXT IS—sorry, is the microphone working now? Using all caps in text is a common convention indicating that the writer should be envisioned as shouting, or speaking in a louder than normal voice.

I was always under impression, that acronyms ought to be written all caps. However reading BBC News site very often I see some of the common acronyms written as proper names (first cap).

Mar 24, 2020 · Others that favor COVID-19 may be following the standard US book publishing style of using all caps for acronyms of any length, or Associated Press Stylebook style, which calls for all-capping acronyms of six letters or less.

There are companies which spell their name in their logo in a non standard way, specifically in all caps or all lower case. Some examples are: Intel Acer Yahoo! Yet, when their names are written, whether by the companies themselves or others, they are spelled like normal names, only the first letter of each word is capitalized.

@tchrist Fair enough, although I meant all caps in the same way as the question.

Jul 8, 2014 · It is common to begin an email with the greeting "hi all" when the note is addressed to multiple recipients. What, however, is the correct capitalization of "all" in this context? Does it become a

I think that in most communications, including both informal and formal registers, "I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year" (all caps) would also be accepted by most people without noticing any problem.