Do capital letters make you seem serious?

1. What does it mean when someone uses all capital letters?
2. Are capital letters aggressive?
3. What effect does capital letters have?
4. What effect does capital letters have on the reader?
5. Does typing in caps mean yelling?
6. What does it mean when you randomly capitalize letters?

What does it mean when someone uses all capital letters?

Dictionary.com credits some early internet message board denizens with setting the modern foundation for what we now collectively understand: Typing in all caps is essentially yelling. And just like yelling in real life, it is sometimes useful, and sometimes just plain rude.

Are capital letters aggressive?

Typing in all capital letters on the Internet is considered rude because it is difficult to read and comes across as very aggressive (LIKE SHOUTING!). If you take away nothing from this 'how-to' other than knowing that typing in "caps" is widely despised on the Internet, consider it time well spent.

What effect does capital letters have?

Capital letters are useful signals for a reader. They have three main purposes: to let the reader know a sentence is beginning, to show important words in a title, and to signal proper names and official titles.

What effect does capital letters have on the reader?

All-capital print greatly retards speed of reading in comparison with lower-case type. Also, most readers judge all capitals to be less legible. Faster reading of the lower-case print is due to the characteristic word forms furnished by this type.

Does typing in caps mean yelling?

Writing in all capital letters ("all caps") is often interpreted as shouting, and is therefore discouraged. Consider instead using a bold or italic font to emphasize text.

What does it mean when you randomly capitalize letters?

Alternating caps are typically used to display mockery in text messages. The randomized capitalization leads to the flow of words being broken, making it harder for the text to be read as it disrupts word identification even when the size of the letters is the same as in uppercase or lowercase.