HANDWRITING REFERENCE

All caps handwriting and initial capitals

All caps handwriting uses full-height letters across a word. Compare their heights, widths and gaps with capital initials in ordinary mixed-case text.

READING DESK

Reference, comparison & reading

Three uses of capitals

Sentence-case capital
Initial capital standing above ordinary lowercase body letters.

All-caps block writing
Uniform uppercase block lettering without lower extensions.

Enlarged decorative initial
Flourished capital dominating the silhouette of small body letters.

Write words in one height band

In all-capital words, compare the top and bottom of letters such as H, E and N. Rounded O and C need enough interior space beside straight stems. Allow clear gaps inside the word and a larger visible break before the next word.

Enlarged initials

An opening capital can be larger than the body letters that follow it. Measure those two parts separately. In a handwritten name, a flourish may extend beyond both; keep that stroke outside the capital-to-body comparison.

Compare a capital and mixed-case line

Capital words and mixed-case writing.

Write “NOTE” and “Note” on the same baseline. Compare overall width and height, then write a short all-caps sentence while keeping each word boundary visible.