# Posting in all caps? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 15, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-in-all-caps/644137 "2012-12-15T21:41:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Molotok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Molotok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molotok)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-in-all-caps/644137/21 "2012-12-17T05:43:29Z")
> [@snerky snerk](#): > > well that’s the harder way. Look again at the post by **chronos**. I think you should see the little trick, if only you’d look again. testing what happens when you put a space before the final full stop . ---
**Author:** ![Molotok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Molotok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molotok)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-in-all-caps/644137/22 "2012-12-17T05:44:32Z")
:mad: ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-in-all-caps/644137/23 "2012-12-17T06:07:09Z")
**BOOMERWANG, JUST USE A LOWERCASE L IN PLACE OF A CAPlTAL I.** ---
**Author:** ![Molotok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Molotok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molotok)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-in-all-caps/644137/24 "2012-12-17T06:51:13Z")
OK TRYlNG AGAIN… ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-in-all-caps/644137/25 "2012-12-17T08:58:23Z")
**YOU’RE WELCOME!** a 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-in-all-caps/644137/26 "2012-12-17T09:38:50Z")
Does thiЅ work? ETA: Damn. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-in-all-caps/644137/27 "2012-12-17T13:44:29Z")
> [@moriah](#): > > Most definitely yes their are. Ha! You made a mistake. Your probabely making alot of others. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-in-all-caps/644137/28 "2012-12-17T17:16:50Z")
HI! EVERYBODY! -Dr. Nick ---
**Author:** ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-in-all-caps/644137/29 "2012-12-18T23:36:38Z")
Isn’t \*\*\*most \*\*\*of the dialogue in the balloons in comic strips all caps? Do people scream that the dialogue in comic strips is obnoxious? ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-in-all-caps/644137/30 "2012-12-19T07:08:56Z")
Ⓦⓞⓝ’ⓣ ⓢⓞⓜⓔⓞⓝⓔ ⓟⓛⓔⓐⓢⓔ ⓣⓔⓛⓛ ⓤⓢ ⓗⓞⓦ ⓣⓞ ⓣⓨⓟⓔ ⓘⓝⓢⓘⓓⓔ ⓒⓘⓡⓒⓛⓔⓢ??? ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-in-all-caps/644137/31 "2012-12-19T16:35:45Z")
… ---
**Author:** ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-in-all-caps/644137/32 "2012-12-19T23:19:59Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Ⓦⓞⓝ’ⓣ ⓢⓞⓜⓔⓞⓝⓔ ⓟⓛⓔⓐⓢⓔ ⓣⓔⓛⓛ ⓤⓢ ⓗⓞⓦ ⓣⓞ ⓣⓨⓟⓔ ⓘⓝⓢⓘⓓⓔ ⓒⓘⓡⓒⓛⓔⓢ??? I expect the answer may be somewhere here: [Unicode Chart](http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~tomw/java/unicode.html) ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-in-all-caps/644137/33 "2012-12-20T11:18:01Z")
It’s the Christmas thing when we are supposed to be nice to everyone. All this shouting and typing in circles is antithetical to the Christmas thing. Knock it off. Merry Christmas!!! ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-in-all-caps/644137/34 "2012-12-20T17:18:24Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > It’s the Christmas thing when we are supposed to be nice to everyone. All this shouting and typing in circles is antithetical to the Christmas thing. Knock it off. > > Merry Christmas!!! noʎ oʇ sɐɯʇsıɹɥɔ ʎɹɹǝɯ ʎɹǝʌ ɐ 'sʎɐʍ ʎuɐɯ 'sǝɯıʇ ʎuɐɯ pıɐs uǝǝq sʇı ɥƃnoɥʇlɐ 'oʍʇ-ʎʇǝuıu oʇ ǝuo ɯoɹɟ spıʞ oʇ 'ǝsɐɹɥd ǝldɯıs sıɥʇ ƃuıɹǝɟɟo ɯ,ı os puɐ ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-in-all-caps/644137/35 "2012-12-20T17:27:54Z")
> [@janeslogin](#): > > Isn’t \*\*\*most \*\*\*of the dialogue in the balloons in comic strips all caps? > > Do people scream that the dialogue in comic strips is obnoxious? Well, the font Comic Sans is widely derided. So, kind of. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-in-all-caps/644137/36 "2012-12-20T17:41:55Z")
> [@janeslogin](#): > > I expect the answer may be somewhere here: [Unicode Chart](http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~tomw/java/unicode.html) Ⓞⓡ ⓞⓝⓔ ⓒⓞⓤⓛⓓ ⓤⓢⓔ ⓐ ⓣⓔⓧⓣ ⓖⓔⓝⓔⓡⓐⓣⓞⓡ. [Bubble Ball Text](http://www.bubbleballtext.com/). ˙ʇxǝʇ uʍop ǝpısdn ǝʇɐɹǝuǝƃ oslɐ ll,ʇI ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-in-all-caps/644137/37 "2012-12-20T22:54:21Z")
> [@moriah](#): > > noʎ oʇ sɐɯʇsıɹɥɔ ʎɹɹǝɯ ʎɹǝʌ ɐ > 'sʎɐʍ ʎuɐɯ 'sǝɯıʇ ʎuɐɯ pıɐs uǝǝq sʇı ɥƃnoɥʇlɐ > 'oʍʇ-ʎʇǝuıu oʇ ǝuo ɯoɹɟ spıʞ oʇ > 'ǝsɐɹɥd ǝldɯıs sıɥʇ ƃuıɹǝɟɟo ɯ,ı os puɐ I can’t stand on my head long enough to read this. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-in-all-caps/644137/38 "2012-12-21T07:49:06Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > I can’t stand on my head long enough to read this. Sorry. If you are on a windows machine, try ctrl+alt+↓ ---
**Author:** ![Molotok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Molotok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molotok)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-in-all-caps/644137/39 "2012-12-22T10:51:22Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Ⓦⓞⓝ’ⓣ ⓢⓞⓜⓔⓞⓝⓔ ⓟⓛⓔⓐⓢⓔ ⓣⓔⓛⓛ ⓤⓢ ⓗⓞⓦ ⓣⓞ ⓣⓨⓟⓔ ⓘⓝⓢⓘⓓⓔ ⓒⓘⓡⓒⓛⓔⓢ??? OK, smartypants, how do you put question marks inside bubbles/circles? huh? huh? Thanks cochrane 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Molotok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Molotok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molotok)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-in-all-caps/644137/40 "2012-12-22T10:54:55Z")
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