Letter casing

1. What is letter case called?
2. What is casing in text?
3. What are the two cases of letters?
4. How do I change my letter casing?

What is letter case called?

Letter case is the difference between uppercase/capital letters and lowercase letters for certain writing systems. The name comes from letters on a printing press, where uppercase letters were stored on top of the lowercase letters in a drawer. Their formal names are "majuscule" and "minuscule" in the same order.

What is casing in text?

Font case describes the way characters are capitalized within a word or phrase. "Font" refers to the typeface used to display the letters, while "case" refers to their capitalization. Below are examples of different font cases, shown in their corresponding style.

What are the two cases of letters?

Lowercase and uppercase letters were stored in separate type cases, hence the names. Usually the letters used more frequently (the lowercase) were kept closer (or lower) on a compositor's (“person who sets the type or text for printing”) desk.

How do I change my letter casing?

To use a keyboard shortcut to change between lowercase, UPPERCASE, and Capitalize Each Word, select the text and press SHIFT + F3 until the case you want is applied.