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When CAPITAL LETTERS are used for every letter rather than lowercase.
I thought it meant 'shouting' online/txt
1) "block capitals
1. text written entirely in capital letters"
Source and further information:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/block_capitals
"capital letter (plural capital letters)
Letters A, B, C, ... (as opposed to a, b, c, ...)
Synonyms:
big letter
capital
upper case letter
uppercase letter"
Source and further information:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/capital_letter
2) "Consequently people tend to scan over block capitals, rather than reading them as words. This is particularly worrying if block capitals are used to emphasise important information.
See how much harder the previous paragraph is to read when put in block capitals.
CONSEQUENTLY PEOPLE TEND TO SCAN OVER BLOCK CAPITALS, RATHER THAN READING THEM AS WORDS. THIS IS PARTICULARLY WORRYING IF BLOCK CAPITALS ARE USED TO EMPHASISE IMPORTANT INFORMATION."
Source and further information:
http://www.write.co.nz/mainsite/WritingTip3.html
IT LOOKS A LOT LIKE THIS
THE TERM BLOCK CAPITALS PROBABLY STEMS FROM EARLY PRINTING DAYS
ONLINE IT IS CONSIDERED TO BE SHOUTING
I've occasionally wondered what unblock capitals would be like.
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