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The official website seems to use the accent when the city name's is written in regular running text, but not when it's in all-caps or small-caps (as in the log

The official website seems to use the accent when the city name's is written in regular running text, but not when it's in all-caps or small-caps (as in the logo): http://www.sanjoseca.gov/ http://www.sanjoseca.gov/

JorgeGT 11y ago
That used to be an unofficial convention of the Spanish language regarding accented letters: only in minuscule text but not on majuscule (capital) text. The Royal Academy has always supported (since at least 1792) that majuscules should be accented, but it was difficult to do so since movable types and typewriters didn't allow room for them: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Acento_en_mayusculas.svg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Acento_e...