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WTF Fun Fact – Why Upper Case and Lower Case

November 26, 2021 by WTF

The origin of upper case and lower case comes from printing presses which manually set letters. Small letters, which were used the majority of the time, were kept in the lower, easier to access case. Where as the large letters were kept in the upper case. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: Why is it called upper and lower case? | Office for Science and Society – McGill University

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