Unicode contains characters from various languages, including the Latin alphabet, but there are only four characters that have separate types registered in addition to 'uppercase' and 'lowercase'.

Today's computer programs sometimes require lowercase and uppercase letters to be entered, but when computers were first introduced, all uppercase letters were used for program input. Various users ...

For years, social media users have claimed that the terms "uppercase" and "lowercase" got their names becase capital letters were stored in the upper case of traditional printing presses while ...

Q: Would you explain font sizes to me? Why is a 24-point Times Roman font not the same size as a 24-point Arial font? Also, why do we call big letters “upper case letters” and small letters “lower ...

There’s an interesting cultural observation to be made as a writer based in Europe, that we like our sans-serif fonts, while ...

Q I have text in an e-mail message that was typed in capital letters, and I’d like to convert it to standard uppercase and lowercase letters. Is there a way to do this, or am I stuck retyping? A ...

We’ve written before at HuffPost UK about how the “deserts” in “just deserts” is written like the arid landscape, said like the sweet treat, and has a completely separate meaning to both of them ...