lower-case letters

Cultural  

1. “Small letters”; letters of the alphabet that are not capital letters or upper-case letters.

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Example Sentences

This new handwriting introduced the division between upper and lower-case letters and the practice of starting sentences with the former that we use to this day.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

You could buy TRS-80 hard drives  and networking gear and kits to give the system lower-case letters.

From Time • Aug. 4, 2012

Sabu was looking for root access to rootkit.com. “im in europe and need to ssh into the server,” Sabu wrote in the email to Jaakonaho, using lower-case letters to suggest he was in a rush.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2012

Partly this is due to its stout and pudgy descenders, its large lower-case letters in relation to its capitals, and the limited white peering through the counters of the a, b, d, e and g.

From The Guardian • Oct. 16, 2010

When the heading of the letter is very long lower-case letters are preferable to small capitals under the general rules of taste which govern the use of types.

From Capitals A Primer of Information about Capitalization with some Practical Typographic Hints as to the Use of Capitals by Hamilton, Frederick W. (Frederick William)