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Some argue that mixed case texts are more readable because the ascenders and descenders provide "synchronization points" for our eyes in scanning text. Also (an
by bonzini 6y ago
Some argue that mixed case texts are more readable because the ascenders and descenders provide "synchronization points" for our eyes in scanning text. Also (and less controversially) uppercase is larger so it is slower to read it, because there are more pauses to move your eyes to the beginning of the next line.
- modzu 6y agothanks for this. but c.f., javascript vs python syntax
- ars 6y agoThere are plenty of languages without upper and lowercase, I've never heard of them being slower to read.
- bonzini 6y agoYes, that's why the first point is more controversial. But the second is interesting: alphabets that lack lowercase, like Korean hangul, have bigger characters but they pack more information into each of them.