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 ...

You could write them more quickly than their majuscule counterparts because the letters were easily strung together as cursive (though ... for flair and emphasis—capital letters, as they ...

The cursive (or "running hand") style joins the ... The lapidary style was followed in inscriptions on stone monuments and used only capital letters. The uncial style was used in fine editions ...