Case-sensitivity: why -- or why not? (was Re: Damnation!)

[Peter Schneider-Kamp]

Phil Fraering wrote:
> 
> Personally, I simply think that lowercase is more readable than uppercase,
> but I don't really know the reason why.

That's quite easy to explain.

IF YOU HAVE TO READ ALL-UPPERCASE TEXT IT QUICKLY BECOMES BORING
BECAUSE ALL THE UPPERCASE LETTERS FIT INTO RECTANGLES OF THE SAME
HEIGHT AND SO WORDS ARE DIFFICULT TO DISCRIMINATE.

if you write in lower-/mixed-case you see some letters sticking
out of the top or the bottom. Studies have shown that words are
not recognized letter by letter but as a complete pattern.

SHOUTING-ly y'rs Peter
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