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Why are the letters on a keyboard in upper-case, but the standard type case is lower?

2006-07-10 20:52:11 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet Other - Computers

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It probabaly follows keyboard conventions dating back to manual keyboards. After all, the computer keyboard is laid out in the same order as the typewriter.

Remember that the earliest typewriters did not have a shift key, with separate hammers and keys for upper and lower case characters. Until the addition of the shift key, to realign the hammer mount, typewriters were even larger than those in existence in the last half of the 20th century. For typewriters, standard type was lower, with upper-case being the shifted condition.

As far as why the keys have upper-case represenation on the physical keys, that is likely for clarity.

2006-07-10 21:08:08 · answer #1 · answered by Jim T 6 · 1 0

makes it clearer and stands out, most people are touch typist like myself i dont even look at the keyboard when im typing
since eg if u take the letter I for example would u want a keyboard that has the letter i

2006-07-10 21:02:55 · answer #2 · answered by Paultech 7 · 0 0

presentation... lower case look dodgey ;D

2006-07-10 22:03:17 · answer #3 · answered by No Name 2 · 0 0

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