Editing All caps (section)

===Print media===
Before the development of [[lower case|lower-case]] letters in the 8th century, texts in the [[Latin alphabet]] were written in a single case, which is now considered to be capital letters. Text in all caps is not widely used in [[running text|body copy]]. The main exception to this is the so-called [[fine print]] in legal documents.

Capital letters have been widely used in printed headlines from the early days of newspapers until the 1950s. In the 1990s, more than three-quarters of newspapers in the western world used lower-case letters in headline text. Discussion regarding the use of all caps for headlines centers on the greater emphasis offered by all caps versus the greater legibility offered by lower-case letters.<ref name="autogenerated62"/> Colin Wheildon conducted a scientific study with 224 readers who analyzed various headline styles and concluded that "Headlines set in capital letters are significantly less legible than those set in lower case."<ref>{{cite book|title= Type and Layout: How Typography and Design Can Get your Message Across – Or Get in the Way|last= Wheildon|first= Colin|year= 1995|publisher= Strathmoor Press|location= Berkeley|isbn= 0-9624891-5-8|pages= [https://archive.org/details/typelayouthowtyp0000whei/page/65 65, 74]|url= https://archive.org/details/typelayouthowtyp0000whei/page/65}}</ref>