RE: dumb terminology trivia question

Subject: RE: dumb terminology trivia question
From: "Diane Evans" <diane_evans -at- hotmail -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 15:13:36 -0800


Then they asked what they were
called before the days of hot metal printing presses invented the term lower
case. I guessed just "letters" or "small letters" but wondered if there was
another term. Any clues?


I don't know if this answers your question, but it is interesting...

http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/P/paleogra.html



Diane Evans
Technical Writer

Washington State Coordinator, Tombstone Project
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