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Subject: Re: Capitalization rules List-Post: [email protected] Date: Domingo 06 Xullo 2008 08:11 From: Maciej Pilichowski <[email protected]> To: KDE Usability Project <[email protected]> Hi, > > some volunteer > > translators argue that using header capitalization quicken the > > recognition of the meaning of the text. > > How so? Well, text written in small caps like this one is the best way to achieve fast recognition of letters. Text written in big caps LIKE THIS ONE draws attention. So when you write text Using Capitalization Of The First Letters you get two advantages: very good letter recognition, very good sentence segmentation. > > Could someone advise us on this delicate doubt? > > It's just an English convention. If it is not used in Galician, > ignore it. You probably rely on newspapers, magazines, and such. In Polish (another latin-based language) Header Capitalization is very rare, but Header Capitalization is very good method to improve readability of one-liners, why not to use it? Cheers, _______________________________________________ kde-usability mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-usability ------------------------------------------------------- -- Best regards, MV
