all caps

See also: all-caps and ALL CAPS

English

Examples

Although all-caps style is useful when used sparingly, such as to emphasize that something is FLAMMABLE and thus should NOT be stored indoors, it can be a sign of lack of trust on the reader's capability to understand the writing and is counterproductive when overused, as it SEEMS LIKE SHOUTING TO THE READER, WHO MAY CALL IT "SHOUTING-CAPS" STYLE.

Alternative forms

Etymology

From "all capital letters".

Noun

all caps (uncountable)

  1. (typography) Text or a font in which all letters are capitalised.
    Coordinate terms: AlTeRnaTinG cApS, CamelCase, Initial Caps, Upstyle, Headline Style, Title Case, Sentence case, downstyle, lowercase

Translations

text or a font in which all letters are capital letters

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