small letter
Not a capital
A small letter is a lowercase letter—the shorter form of an alphabetic character, as opposed to a capital: The password must contain at least one small letter.
The term appears most often in instructions about formatting or typography.
Also called a minuscule in technical contexts.
typography
Uncapitalized letter form
- minusculeExtremely small in size
- ascenderOne moving upward
- descenderLetter part below baseline
- x-heightLowercase letter body dimension
baseline · glyph · font · typeface · alphabet · character · serif · sans-serif
unassuming
Lacking in pretension
- humbleUnassuming about oneself
- understatedDeliberately minimized in expression
- quietLacking in sound
- unobtrusiveNot readily noticed
inconspicuous · low-key · subtle · restrained · meek · mild · gentle · demure
lowercase
Uncapitalized letter form
x-height · baseline · glyph · font · typeface · alphabet · character · serif · sans-serif · italic
modest
Lacking in pretension
- humbleUnassuming about oneself
- understatedDeliberately minimized in expression
- quietLacking in sound
unobtrusive · inconspicuous · low-key · subtle · restrained · meek · mild · gentle · demure · retiring
- lettersa, d, e, h, q
- typographyfont, calligraphy, font design, sans serif, typefaces
- Mint MarksP, D, S, O, W