Exploring the world of documents on a screen
“Avoid needless words”—The Elements Of Style, 1919. “Avoid needless words and characters”—The Elements Of Digital Style, 2017. When the device displaying your content fits in your reader’s pocket, every keystroke counts.
Early printing shops stored letters in wooden cases. The upper case contained capital, or majuscule letters; the lower case, smaller, or minuscule letters. Hence uppercase & lowercase letters, …
The screenshot shows a conversation about title abbreviations in the English Language & Usage Stack Exchange. Style rules are less agreed upon than we usually imagine. Dr Ulysses Everett …