uppercase letters

Tall alphabet forms

Uppercase letters are the larger, taller forms of alphabetic characters—A, B, C rather than a, b, c.

They appear at the beginning of sentences, in proper nouns, and for emphasis or titles.

Also called capital letters or simply capitals.

Please type your name in uppercase letters.

The opposite is lowercase letters.

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  • capitalsUppercase letters or headquarters
  • ABCFirst three letters
  • typographyArranging letters for display
  • fontsCharacter set designs
  • shiftMovement or work period

shift key · shouting · loud and clear · bold · titles · headlines · acronyms · proper nouns · initials · monogram · block print · print · A · Z · keyboard · emphasis · formal · signs

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letter case

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Non-capitalized alphabet characters

lower case · lowercase · small caps · subscript

typographic emphasis/formality

uppercase lettersmixed case

Combination of different kinds

sentence case · body text · fine print

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G