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For Molly and Roberta who were wondering about uppercase words:
The significant word-recognition loss that results from uppercasing
words is a major principle in reading education. It has been studied and
documented to the max from the beginning of the development of reading
theory.
>One of the ways people recognize words is by their shape. When you
put
>something in all caps, the word becomes a big square and is less
>recognizable, especially to skim readers.
