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| 7 | ->''"capital letters are just one of society's conventions that [[HypocriticalHumor I]] choose to ignore. you've just been programmed to be one of society. you're a sheep."'' |
| 8 | -->-- '''theimprobableone''' on [[http://www.johnwatsonblog.co.uk/blog/07february john watson's blog,]] ''Series/{{sherlock}}'' |
| 9 | |
| 10 | [[SelfDemonstratingArticle a stylistic choice in which all text is in lowercase letters.]] it can be thought of as the opposite of [[BoldInflation writing in all caps]] when [[LargeHam emphasizing a point]], in which case it can be used to give a melancholic feel to whatever you're writing. it is [[WantonCrueltyToTheCommonComma not generally thought of as orthographically correct]], giving it (if only in the eyes of advertisers) a casual, hip feel, as if to say you can't be bothered to use the shift key. also used in a [[PaintingTheMedium visual narrative]] sense to indicate childishness or, in some cases, idiocy. |
| 11 | |
| 12 | on a more dark note, however, this trope also has a tendency to show up in many an {{apocalyptic log}} where it usually is used to denote the point where the unfortunate author has gone insane or otherwise [[DespairEventHorizon given up all hope]]. |
| 13 | |
| 14 | can also occur in internet forums monitored by censorship daemons programmed to demote [[CapsLock all-caps]] entries, since all-lower-case text is much easier on the eyes than no-lower-case. |
| 15 | |
| 16 | there seems to be a minor -- but growing -- trend in {{fanfiction}} to have the story's title written entirely in lowercase, while the story itself uses correct capitalizations (though stories written in all lowercase is not unheard of). for some reason, these stories tend to be relatively well-written, full of {{shipping}} and particularly {{angst}}y. [[Platform/ArchiveOfOurOwn archive of our own, also known as ao3]], in particular has a lot of fanfics with lowercase titles. |
| 17 | |
| 18 | similarly, a trend of lowercase song titles and even album titles began to pop up in the mid-to-late [[TheNewTens 2010s]]. it is most prevalent with alternative acts, though it has caught on with mainstream ones as well. |
| 19 | |
| 20 | see also [[NoPunctuationPeriod no punctuation, period]] and {{no indoor voice}}. contrast {{caps lock}}. |
| 21 | |
| 22 | ---- |
| 23 | !!examples: |
| 24 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 25 | |
| 26 | [[folder:advertising]] |
| 27 | * "i'm lovin' it." actually, all [[UsefulNotes/McDonalds mcdonald's]] advertising since the switch to this slogan. |
| 28 | * vitamin water labels. some other bottled water brands such as smart water and abbey well have similar logos. |
| 29 | * the advertising for european cosmetics company essence, though they use normal case in their us and canada marketing. |
| 30 | * the canadian brand [[https://www.noname.ca/en_ca/ no name]]; however, their website mostly uses normal case. |
| 31 | * ex-lax, the laxative brand. this is likely done to reinforce its selling point as "gentle" relief. |
| 32 | * Advertising/{{hhgregg}}'s mascot, hh, has his name rendered like this to fit the name of the retailer, which is usually stylized with all lowercase letters as well. |
| 33 | [[/folder]] |
| 34 | |
| 35 | [[folder:art]] |
| 36 | * in addition to his more well known logo-like signature, Creator/{{norman rockwell}} occasionally signed his paintings in all lowercase cursive. |
| 37 | [[/folder]] |
| 38 | |
| 39 | [[folder:comic strips]] |
| 40 | * moe from ''[[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes calvin and hobbes]]'' talks like this, in addition to having his own [[PaintingTheMedium distinctive font]]. |
| 41 | * ''[[ComicStrip/JumpStart jump start]]'' uses this for the speech of small children, originally as a [[TranslationConvention translation convention]]. |
| 42 | * baby grumpling in ''ComicStrip/{{the perishers}}'' talks in lowercase to distinguish his speech from the older kids. |
| 43 | [[/folder]] |
| 44 | |
| 45 | [[folder:fan works]] |
| 46 | * ''[[Fanfic/AmongYou among you]]'': the titles of each installment in the series are written in lowercase. |
| 47 | * ''the hunchback of notre dame'' fanfic ''Fanfic/BentOrBrokenItsTheFamilyTree'' has a lowercase title. |
| 48 | * the title of ''Fanfic/ButIWroteTheWordsToTheSwanSong'' is written entirely in lowercase. |
| 49 | * downplayed in the original version of ''[[Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheMovie calvin and hobbes: the movie]]'': chapter 7 and onwards have a pretty bad deal with capitalization. |
| 50 | * ''Fanfic/TheCorniceInTheGround'' has a lowercase title. |
| 51 | * ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-fuKzUJbIY doki doki chibi club]]'' has its title, description and all dialogue written in lowercase. |
| 52 | * Creator/{{garfieldodie}}'s name. |
| 53 | * the title of ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/41893233 he sees your dreams]]'' |
| 54 | * the title of the ''[[WesternAnimation/TurningRed turning red]]''/''[[WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}} encanto]]'' crossover fic ''Fanfic/HushNowLittleOne''. |
| 55 | * the ''osomatsu-san'' twoshot ''Fanfic/IllTakeYouSomewhereEvenMoreBrilliant'' has an all-lowercase title. |
| 56 | * the title and chapter titles of the fanfic ''Fanfic/ItFeelsMoreLikeAMemory'', and the title of the fanfic ''Fanfic/IfTheresAReason'' which [[ShowWithinAShow exists in the world of]] ''it feels more like a memory''. |
| 57 | * the title of ''[[Fanfic/LegolasByLaura legolas by laura]].'' |
| 58 | * the title of ''Fanfic/AMillionMilesOfFun''. |
| 59 | * ''[[Fanfic/NoStarsInSight no stars in sight]]'' has almost all of its chapter titles written in lowercase letters with the exception of the first chapter, which serves as a prologue to the story. the version on [[Platform/ArchiveOfOurOwn ao3]] has an all-lowercase title. |
| 60 | * the title of ''Fanfic/OneDayAtATimeNyame'' and its sequel ''Fanfic/TheSuperheroGame''. |
| 61 | * ''FanFic/OrDidItEatTheLittleGirl'' and its semi-sequel ''let's go out with a bang!'' both have their titles written this way, and so do all their chapter names, barring one in ''or did it eat the little girl?'', which is the [[CapsLock exact opposite of this trope.]] |
| 62 | * ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/41919795 prayer of a hangdog sadist]]'', a fanfic of ''euphoria'' (not [[Series/{{Euphoria}} that one]]) is entirely written in lowercase. |
| 63 | * ''Fanfic/{{spontaneous earth}}'': ''nothing is more sacred than any other thing'' is the only fic in the collection to not have a title in propercase. |
| 64 | * ''Fanfic/{{yuyavision}}'': the sidestory ''seraph of synchro'' has each title written in lowercase except for "Angel" and "Seraph" |
| 65 | * ''Fanfic/KuchAdhuraSaJoThaPooraHoJayega'' has the title written in all lowercase. |
| 66 | * ''Fanfic/MaybeThenIllBurnAwayAndNotHaveToFaceTheFacts'' has a all-lowercase title. |
| 67 | * ''Fanfic/FamiliesCollide'' has a lowercase title, but the fic itself is capitalized normally. |
| 68 | * ''[[Fanfic/SeVisPacemParaBellum se vis pacem, para bellum]]'': the title of each chapter is written with lowercase letters. |
| 69 | [[/folder]] |
| 70 | |
| 71 | [[folder:film — animated]] |
| 72 | * the title logo of ''[[WesternAnimation/ABugsLife a bug's life]]'' is stylized in all lowercase, fitting for a story about tiny creatures. |
| 73 | * as were the opening and closing credits of ''[[WesternAnimation/ToyStory1 toy story]]''. |
| 74 | [[/folder]] |
| 75 | |
| 76 | [[folder:film — live-action]] |
| 77 | * the advertising for ''Film/{{arthur|1981}}'' in all its incarnations (the original 1981 Creator/{{dudley moore}}/Creator/{{liza minnelli}} film, [[{{Sequelitis}} the less successful 1988 sequel]], and the 2011 remake with Creator/{{russell brand}}). |
| 78 | * the opening and closing credits of the Creator/{{woody allen}} film ''Film/{{bananas}}''. |
| 79 | * the opening and closing credits of the 1985 film ''Film/{{better off dead}}'' as well. |
| 80 | * ''Film/{{bicentennial man}}'': the opening and closing credits, as well as the {{title in}} lines and trailer credits, are all in lowercase, which contrasts with the way andrew's {{robo cam}} is almost always in [[CapsLock all-caps]]. |
| 81 | * the credits for ''[[Film/BigFatLiar big fat liar]],'' played right after the outcome of the {{groin attack}} on marty. |
| 82 | * the epilogue to the infamous [[https://youtu.be/u61F_qvdid0?t=9 ending]] of the [[Film/GodfreyHoNinjaMovies richard harrison]] film ''Film/{{blood debts}}'': |
| 83 | -->''mark collins, age 45, [[BittersweetEnding gave himself up to the authorities after the incident]]. he is now serving a life sentence.'' |
| 84 | * the opening and closing credits of horror classic ''Film/{{carrie|1976}}''. |
| 85 | * the title for ''[[Film/Cyberbully2011 cyberbully (2011)]]'', stylized as "''cyberbu//y''". |
| 86 | * the opening and closing credits for ''[[Film/FantasticVoyage fantastic voyage fantastic voyage fantastic voyage]]''. |
| 87 | * the title card for the 2013 film ''Film/{{her|2013}}'' is written in lowercase. |
| 88 | * all the credits to [[UsefulNotes/PalmeDOr palme d'or]]-winning short, ''[[Film/IAmAfraidToForgetYourFace i am afraid to forget your face]]''. |
| 89 | * the title to ''Film/{{i am sam}}''. |
| 90 | * the "[[BroughtToYouByTheLetterS a]]" on alvin's shirt in ''Film/{{little alvin and the minimunks}}''. |
| 91 | * the title of [[Film/Mother2017 mother!]] is lowercase, yet has an exclamation mark. all of the credits are in lowercase except for the character of [[spoiler:Him, played by Creator/{{javier bardem}}]]. |
| 92 | * rufus excalibur ffolkes in ''Film/{{north sea hijack}}''. |
| 93 | * the opening and closing credits of [[Creator/PaulNewman paul newman's]] directorial debut, ''[[Film/RachelRachel rachel, rachel]]''. |
| 94 | * the opening and closing credits of 1973 film ''Film/{{scarecrow|1973}}''. this was a popular credits style in the arty "new hollywood" 1970s. |
| 95 | * the opening credits of 1934 film ''Film/{{the scarlet empress}}'' are presented this way, even the title. this was highly unusual in the 1930s. |
| 96 | * the 1958 movie adaptation of english folklore character ''Literature/{{tom thumb}}'' was simply titled ''tom thumb'' in lower caps, starring russ tamblyn as the titular character and Creator/{{alan young}}, terry-thomson, Creator/{{peter sellers}}, jessie matthews and bernard miles as supporting characters. |
| 97 | [[/folder]] |
| 98 | |
| 99 | [[folder:let's play]] |
| 100 | * LetsPlay/{{chuggaaconroy}}'s name. in his 50 facts video he revealed he wanted to use the name chugga a. conroy (with uppercase c's), but youtube username restrictions (at the time) prevented him from using this name. however, when youtube gave him the option to change his name to one with several words, he still kept his username as it was, possibly because his fans recognize him as it has been for several years. on {{Platform/facebook}} and {{Platform/twitter}}, though, his name is written with an uppercase c in the beginning. |
| 101 | * both LetsPlay/{{pokecapn}} and LetsPlay/{{medibot}} type their names like this. pokecapn also uses it for his Platform/{{youtube}} video descriptions and comments, though his Website/{{something awful}} posts [[AvertedTrope aren't like this.]] |
| 102 | * LetsPlay/{{raocow}}. besides the fact that his name is spelled that way, he often writes video titles and descriptions in all-lowercase. |
| 103 | * LetsPlay/{{sips}}. anything he types in-game, including names, will be all lowercase. all of his tweets and everything on his subreddit (including comments by other users) are defaulted to lowercase as well. |
| 104 | * LetsPlay/{{slowbeef}}'s name is lowercase. |
| 105 | [[/folder]] |
| 106 | |
| 107 | [[folder:literature]] |
| 108 | !!!'''authors:''' |
| 109 | * {{Creator/isaac asimov}}'s ''[[Literature/PebbleInTheSky pebble in the sky]]'': the 1950 {{Creator/doubleday}} cover has the title and asimov's name all in lowercase. |
| 110 | * an important aspect of dutch author dick bruna's style is his refusal to use lowercase letters in any of his work, including his most famous creation, [[Literature/{{Miffy}} nijntje]] (known outside of the netherlands as miffy). downplayed in non-dutch versions of dick bruna-related works. |
| 111 | * Creator/{{charles bukowski}} used only lowercase in his early works. |
| 112 | * australian poet Creator/{{joanne burns}} actually changed her name to lowercase. however, she does use uppercase letters ''occasionally'' in her work. |
| 113 | * Creator/{{e e cummings}}' editor published him this way to make him stand out, and now everybody writes his name this way. |
| 114 | * feminist author Creator/{{bell hooks}}' pen name. |
| 115 | * this is how angolan-portuguese writer [[Creator/ValterHugoMae valter hugo mãe]] writes his entire books and signs his own name. |
| 116 | * author Creator/{{andrew j offutt}} likes to write his name in all lowercase. |
| 117 | !!!'''works:''' |
| 118 | * ''Literature/{{after the quake}}'''s chapter titles are all written in lowercase. the english version of the book also has the title in lowercase. |
| 119 | * Creator/{{arthur hailey}}'s book ''Film/{{airport}}'' tells how tanya livingston had a mechanic file off all the capitals on her typewriter, and writes all notes and memos she sends out in lower case. |
| 120 | * don marquis wrote a series of newspaper columns in the early 20th century supposedly typed by archy the cockroach, who, while he had the strength to work the keys (by climbing up on top of the type writer and jumping down on the keys) did not have enough strength to work the shift. there was a whole cast of characters in archy's world, including a cat mehitabel. some of the ''Literature/{{archy and mehitabel}}'' columns were collected into a series of books. |
| 121 | * the original cover for ''Literature/{{beyond control}}'' has the title listed in lowercase, while the names and {{tagline}} are properly cased. |
| 122 | * the original cover of ''Literature/{{the galactic rejects}}'' has the title listed in all capital letters, but the author and illustrator credits are presented in all lowercase letters. |
| 123 | * ''Literature/{{the immortals series}}'' does it on covers. even the author's name, yes. |
| 124 | * in [[Creator/DouglasCoupland douglas coupland's]] novel ''Literature/{{jpod}}'', a number of characters from a lesbian commune spell their names in lower case, because they see upper case as "privileging" certain letters over others. |
| 125 | * arc titles in ''Literature/{{katalepsis}}'' are all written in lowercase. |
| 126 | * a rare in-story example in the ''[[Literature/KPax kpax]]'' novels by gene brewer: prot's species doesn't capitalize the names of individual beings, titles or locations smaller than a celestial body, but capitalizes every letter of things like the planet k-pax, the planet earth, the suns k-mon and k-ril, the constellation lyra, etc. |
| 127 | * in the hungarian book ''pál utcai fiúk'' (''the boys from paul street'') nemecsek ernő's name is written in the titular gang's book with all lower case and with black ink as a mean of dishonor. due to [[PopCulturalOsmosis pop-cultural osmosis]], doing this deliberately in a publication became a means of insult in hungarian. |
| 128 | * ''[[Literature/RowleyJeffersonsAwesomeFriendlySpookyStories rowley jefferson's awesome friendly spooky stories]]: story 10, ''a mummy'', has its title written in lowercase letters. justified, as after mekh gets sued by khaba for using a similar stage name, the court tells him that a lowercase "a mummy" is the only stage name he's allowed to use. |
| 129 | * ''[[Literature/TheSoundAndTheFury the sound and the fury]]'' features this at the end of quentin's section as he loses his grip on reality just before he commits suicide. |
| 130 | * because it is written in the perspective of two different people, half of the john green/david levithan book ''[[Literature/WillGraysonWillGrayson will grayson, will grayson]]'' is written this way. the author notes reveal that the second will grayson is that type of person who would just use lower case. |
| 131 | * all of felurian's dialogue in ''[[Literature/TheWiseMansFear the wise man's fear]]'' is written in this fashion. |
| 132 | * all of the ''[[Literature/TheTwilightSaga twilight]]'' titles are written this way. |
| 133 | * ''[[Literature/PrincessesOfThePizzaParlor princesses of the pizza parlor]]'': from ''princesses on the lonely isle'', [[PaintingTheMedium painting the medium]] to reflect soledad's voice that was "even-toned and colorless": |
| 134 | --> greetings my sister i wish thee well this day |
| 135 | * in ''Literature/{{wonder|2012}}'', the chapter written from the point of view of via's artsy boyfriend justin is written in all lowercase. |
| 136 | * ''Literature/{{the roosevelt}}'': when jeremey's depression is severe in ''carry the ocean'', he doesn't have the energy to use capital letters or punctuation in his texts to emmet. the two of them come up with a series of abbreviations so jeremey can text with minimal effort. |
| 137 | * ''Literature/{{the northern caves}}'': jenny's forum posts are all lowercase, except for words all in caps for emphasis. her fanfic, by contrast, is capitalized conventionally. |
| 138 | [[/folder]] |
| 139 | |
| 140 | [[folder:live-action tv]] |
| 141 | !!!'''in general:''' |
| 142 | * paratext for both ''[[Series/TheOfficeUK the office (uk)]]'' and ''[[Series/TheOfficeUS the office (us)]]'' have the title as this, although the actual title cards ''don't''. |
| 143 | * in the early-to-mid 1960s, the credits for ''[[Series/ToTellTheTruth to tell the truth]]'', ''[[Series/{{Password}} password]]'' and ''[[Series/IveGotASecret i've got a secret]]'' affected this. |
| 144 | !!!'''series:''' |
| 145 | * ''Series/{{barry}}'' used this for the episodes "ronny/lily" and "berkman > block" in the second season, later using it for every episode of the following seasons. |
| 146 | * the Creator/{{hulu}} series ''Series/{{candy|2022}}'' features credits and in-episode captions ("the night before" and "the day she died") in all lowercase. |
| 147 | * ''Series/{{Dads}}'' |
| 148 | * the logo of ''[[Series/DancingWithTheStars dancing with the stars]]''. |
| 149 | * ''Series/{{dinnerladies}}''' title text. |
| 150 | * the ''[[Series/EatBulaga eat bulaga!]]'' logo sometimes renders the title in all lowercase. |
| 151 | * the opening credits for ''[[Series/{{ER}} er]]''. |
| 152 | * the title text and credits for ''Series/{{glee}}''. |
| 153 | * the title and credits of ''[[Series/Hawkeye2021 hawkeye]]'', matching how [[Creator/MattFraction matt fraction]] did this in the comic run the series is based on. |
| 154 | * all text in ''Series/{{how i met your mother}}''. |
| 155 | * all credits in ''[[Series/InTheHeatOfTheNight in the heat of the night]]''. |
| 156 | * the credits of ''Series/{{jackass}}''. |
| 157 | * the poster and trailer of ''[[Series/LoveAndDeath2023 love & death]]'' are full of it. |
| 158 | * ''Series/{{matlock}}'' |
| 159 | * used for plot synopses in ''[[Series/MrRobot mr. robot]]'' dvd sets. e.g. the synopsis for "410 gone" is "we stan [[PortmanteauCoupleName domlene]]" |
| 160 | * ''Series/{{perception|2012}}'', a crime procedural show on tnt starring [[Series/WillAndGrace eric mccormack]]. |
| 161 | * in ''Series/{{psych}}'', the "p" in the name of the titular detective agency is lowercase. |
| 162 | * ''Series/{{thirtysomething}}'' |
| 163 | * ''[[Series/TheXFiles the x-files]]'': "all things", written and directed by Creator/{{gillian anderson}}, who played main character agent dana scully. |
| 164 | * all text in ''Series/{{all about us}}'' on ''tnbc.'' |
| 165 | * the fourth episode of ''[[Series/UtopiaUS utopia u.s.]]'', "not slow not bad," is titled this way. |
| 166 | * ''[[Series/WalkerTexasRanger walker, texas ranger]]'': the [[EpisodeTitleCard title card]] for "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS7E17LivegirlsDotNow livegirls.now]]" in season 7, just before the guest cast and crew members' names show up. justified, considering the name of the episode is in the form of a website name. |
| 167 | [[/folder]] |
| 168 | |
| 169 | [[folder:music]] |
| 170 | %% note: these examples are alphabetical by artist. please add new examples alphabetically. |
| 171 | * lots of song lyrics are written this way\ |
| 172 | without punctuation \ |
| 173 | to give a flow-of-consciousness feel \ |
| 174 | and look more poetic \ |
| 175 | see also poetry |
| 176 | * 65daysofstatic |
| 177 | * Music/{{Aespa}} |
| 178 | * Music/{{tori amos}}. she even has an album title in all lowercase letters (''from the choirgirl hotel''). |
| 179 | * theaudience |
| 180 | * [[Music/KelseaBallerini kelsea ballerini]]'s 2020 album ''kelsea'' and all of the song titles. |
| 181 | * Music/{{beabadoobee}} |
| 182 | * Music/{{beastie boys}}' albums ''[[Music/PaulsBoutique paul's boutique]]'' and ''hello nasty'' take this trope up to eleven by having the liner notes be a simple fold-out with all the lyrics printed in lowercase without punctuation, making for a [[WallOfText wall of text]] that can be difficult to follow at times. ''check your head'' side-steps the issue entirely by not having lyrics, while ''ill communication'' has all the lyrics written normally but in an eye-strainingly small font. |
| 183 | * [[BedroomPop bedroom pop]] artists in general have a tendency to do this with their stage names as well as their song and album titles. |
| 184 | * an early example is Music/{{the beatles}}' second album ''[[Music/WithTheBeatles with the beatles]]''. |
| 185 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq6aw03lNILzV96UvEAASfQ bill wurtz]]: musician, video-creator, and all-round odd fellow, writes literally everything in lowercase[[labelnote:*]] (okay, ''almost'' everything. exceptions: certain in-video text, plus one tweet from 2021)[[/labelnote]]. he also somehow made all his youtube links lowercase. |
| 186 | * [[Music/{{Bjork}} björk]] |
| 187 | * [[Music/{{blackbear}} blackbear]] stylizes his name this way. |
| 188 | * two of the founding members of the Music/{{black eyed peas}}, will.i.am and apl.de.ap. |
| 189 | * [[Music/{{Blur}} blur]] |
| 190 | * bond, not to be confused with [[Franchise/JamesBond the other guy]] |
| 191 | * [[Music/BringMeTheHorizon bring me the horizon]]'s sixth studio album ''amo'' has its name rendered in this fashion, with the same applying to almost every track title. the lone exception to the rule is "mantra", as it's stylized in [[CapsLock all caps]] mode. |
| 192 | * busbee, a country-pop songwriter/producer |
| 193 | * Music/{{david byrne}}'s self-titled album has all text (the front and back covers, and all lyrics and liner notes) written in lowercase. |
| 194 | * Music/{{the cars}} |
| 195 | * Music/{{charli xcx}} rendered all the song titles on her album ''how i'm feeling now'' this way |
| 196 | * Music/{{childish gambino}} used this on his album ''because the internet'' as well as on all the song titles. |
| 197 | * the name of the experimental rap trio Music/{{clipping}}, as well as all the song titles on their first mixtape ''midcity''. |
| 198 | * [[Music/CoheedAndCambria coheed and cambria]]'s first album, ''the second stage turbine blade'' uses all lowercase letters for the band name, album title, song titles, and lyrics. |
| 199 | * raplh j. gleason's liner notes for [[Music/MilesDavis miles davis']] ''[[Music/BitchesBrew bitches brew]]'' album. |
| 200 | * Music/{{deadmau5}} |
| 201 | * dead prez |
| 202 | * disbelief, a death/sludge metal band, writes their name this way and has their logo stylized as such, which fits their melancholic approach to their genre, though this is averted with their song and album titles (aside from their self-titled debut), which are normally punctuated. |
| 203 | * {{Music/eels}} stylized their name on the cover art to their first two albums, ''[[Music/BeautifulFreak beautiful freak]]'' and ''electro-shock blues'', this way. from ''daisies of the galaxy'' onward, the name was always printed in all-caps, [[TextlessAlbumCover if there was any text on the cover at all]]. they've never used a properly capitalized name on their artwork, possibly just because an upper-case e followed by a lower case one would look a little asymmetrical. |
| 204 | * Music/{{billie eilish}} did this with her song titles in her first two albums, but averted it for her third. |
| 205 | * to date Music/{{elbow}} have rarely stylized their name with a capital at the beginning... for no apparent reason. |
| 206 | * Music/{{exist trace}} and guitarist miko. |
| 207 | * [[http://florsounds.com/ flor]] use lowercase text everywhere. |
| 208 | * Music/{{fun}}. |
| 209 | * Music/{{peter gabriel}} signs his work as such. |
| 210 | * one of the later logos of Music/{{genesis|band}} (featured most prominently on the cover of ''we can't dance'') stylizes the band's name in this way. |
| 211 | * Music/GirlInRed stylizes her stage name in lowercase, and her album and all of her songs are also lowercase. |
| 212 | * gnash. |
| 213 | * Music/{{goreshit}} album and song titles, as well as the artist name are usually written this way, with occasional aversions, most often on albums covers (where the artist name sometimes [[CapsLock goes the other way]]). |
| 214 | ** the hana sumai side project uses this without exception, however the other side project, wounder, averts this trope. |
| 215 | * Music/{{ariana grande}}'s albums ''sweetener'', ''thank u, next'', and ''positions'' have all track titles written in this, with a few exceptions. |
| 216 | * Music/{{green day}}'s 1997 album ''[[Music/{{Nimrod}} nimrod.]]''--with a full stop at the end, to boot. |
| 217 | * [[Music/HalfAlive half•alive]] stylizes their name this way, as well as several songs from their debut album ''now, not yet'', such as "still feel." and "creature". |
| 218 | * Music/{{walker hayes}}' debut album ''boom.'' |
| 219 | * Music/{{hexode}} uses this on his first two albums' names and every track from the first two albums as well as tagträumer. |
| 220 | * Music/{{i hate myself}} |
| 221 | * Music/{{iamamiwhoami}}; their song titles (such as "b", "u-1", and "; john") are all lowercase letters as well |
| 222 | * [[Music/JanetJackson janet jackson's]] 1994 album, ''Music/JanetPeriod'' (with period) |
| 223 | * Music/{{joyelectric}} |
| 224 | * japanese video game composer daiki kasho stylizes his name this way |
| 225 | * the name of the swedish rock band kent is spelled, well, like that. |
| 226 | * Music/{{kendrick lamar}}'s album ''[[Music/GoodKidMAADCity good kid maad city]]'' has a track named "good kid" , written without capital letters. then he followed the album with a new single called "i." kendrick likes this trope. |
| 227 | * k.d. lang |
| 228 | * Music/KiminoMuseum, as well as their eps ''ataraxia2 - ep edition -'' and ''ataraxia2 - ep edition2 -''. |
| 229 | * [[Music/LanaDelRey lana del rey's]] song "hope is a dangerous thing for a girl like me to have". |
| 230 | * in 2003, Music/{{limp bizkit}} changed the spelling of their name to a single word, written entirely in lower-case ("limpbizkit"); they have since reverted to the original spelling but still use the logo. |
| 231 | * irish indie-pop band Music/{{little xs for eyes}}. |
| 232 | * south korean girlgroup [[{{Music/LOONA}} loona]] has a sub-unit named yyxy, all in lowercase letters, whose album title and all songs in it are named in all lowercase letters as well. before, yves (one of the members of the group) had her solo song titled "new", without any caps. the first song for the full group, "favorite", subverts this trope: the first letter is lowercase, but the "o" and "t" are written in caps. |
| 233 | * lovelytheband |
| 234 | * lyme and cybelle, 60s folk-pop duo remembered mainly for the fact that stephen lyme (or the ''original'' stephen lyme, anyway) was a pseudonymous [[Music/WarrenZevon warren zevon]]. |
| 235 | * maybeshewill |
| 236 | * mc chris |
| 237 | * mclusky tended to stylize their name this way. future of the left, the band andy falkous started after mclusky, generally go for all caps instead, but their album ''the plot against common sense'' was an exception. |
| 238 | * mind.in.a.box, including their album titles. |
| 239 | * moe. |
| 240 | * Music/MonochromeCoat, and their albums ''es'', ''nyanco'' and ''need''. |
| 241 | * Music/{{mothy}} |
| 242 | * [[Music/MyBloodyValentine my bloody valentine]] stylizes their name in lowercase, also using it for their song titles (as seen on [[https://www.discogs.com/My-Bloody-Valentine-Loveless/release/84825/image/SW1hZ2U6MjQ2MTM3NA== the original pressing]] of the album ''[[{{Music/Loveless}} loveless]])''. |
| 243 | * {{doujin|shi}} music duo Music/{{my sound life}}. their album titles and iyuna's name are also stylized like that. |
| 244 | * the cover art of [[Music/{{NateWantsToBattle}} natewantstobattle]]'s {{cover album}} ''thnks fr th cvrs'' stylizes its title like that. |
| 245 | * Music/{{nine inch nails}} |
| 246 | * [[Music/{{Nits}} nits]] switched to this in the noughties, having previously been [[{{ALLCAPS}} allcaps]]. |
| 247 | * although Music/{{noah|Indonesia}} stylize their name in [[{{ALLCAPS}} allcaps]], their previous name peterpan is stylized in lowercase. |
| 248 | * [[Music/{{Oasis}} oasis]] |
| 249 | * [[Music/OrangeJam orange★jam]]'s non-collaboration albums, e.g. ''so-matic''. quite a few of their song titles are stylized like that too, e.g. "dreaming tonight". |
| 250 | * Music/{{beth orton}}'s album ''daybreaker'' does something similar to the beastie boys example above. |
| 251 | * Music/{{paramore}}'s 3rd album ''brand new eyes'' was written this way. |
| 252 | * most of powfu's songs do this. |
| 253 | * christina perri's album, lovestrong. |
| 254 | * actress/musician Creator/{{jasmin savoy|brown}}[[note]]her acting credits are under her full name, jasmin savoy '''brown'''[[/note]] released her third single as ''goddamnit''; this trope does not apply to the ones released previously. |
| 255 | * Music/{{the rolling stones|band}}' album ''abiggerbang''. |
| 256 | * Music/{{olivia rodrigo}}'s album ''sour'' has all of its titles in lowercase, despite the album title being all caps. |
| 257 | * Music/{{origami angel}}: ''[[Music/GamiGang gami gang]]'' has "/trust", "[spoons rattling]", and "gg". the captions for ''quiet hours'', ''doing the most'', and ''gen 3'' are written in all lowercase and mostly without punctuation (barring some caps for emphasis). |
| 258 | * set fire to flames |
| 259 | * Music/{{silverchair}} |
| 260 | * Music/{{slint}}'s landmark album ''spiderland'' has (very minimal) liner notes written in this style. |
| 261 | * the liner notes to [[Music/TheSmashingPumpkins the smashing pumpkins]]' ''[[Music/SiameseDream siamese dream]]'' and ''[[Music/MellonCollieAndTheInfiniteSadness mellon collie and the infinite sadness]]'' are written this way. |
| 262 | * "sillyworld" by stone sour is written this way. |
| 263 | * the Music/{{silver forest}} album titles ''thousand mirage''[[note]]released under the name "plutinum crest powered by silver forest"[[/note]] and ''chill out vacation'' |
| 264 | * Music/{{taylor swift}}'s sixth album, ''Music/{{reputation}}'', eighth album, ''Music/Folklore2020'' and ninth album, ''Music/Evermore2020'' (which also uses this for all of its track names). |
| 265 | * [[Music/TearsForFears tears for fears]]: |
| 266 | ** ''[[Music/TheHurting the hurting]]'': the album title is written this way on the front cover, with the tracklist on the back following suit. |
| 267 | ** ''[[Music/TheSeedsOfLove the seeds of love]]'': the band name and album title are presented in this fashion on the front cover and cd spine. |
| 268 | * that dog. as with fun., the period is officially part of their name. |
| 269 | * [[Music/TwentyOnePilots twenty | one | pilots]] |
| 270 | * Music/{{underworld|Band}}'s album: ''Music/{{dubnobasswithmyheadman}}''. |
| 271 | * Music/{{keith urban}}, but only on his first american album. he went to normal capitalization for all subsequent albums. |
| 272 | * Music/{{weezer}}'s logo uses all lower-case, though no one actually types their name that way. the albums ''make believe'' and ''maladroit'' have all lower-case titles, but on the other hand ''raditude'', ''death to false metal'' and ''everything will be alright in the end'' have [[BoldInflation all caps]] titles. |
| 273 | * Music/{{yuuhei satellite}} vocalist senya stylizes her alias like that. |
| 274 | * there are {{image song}}s for all six main girls of ''Manga/{{monster musume}}''. mero's song titles are written in all lowercase letters on the cds: "moon and mermaid" and "frothy love". |
| 275 | * eden ahbez, the composer of "nature boy" whose lifestyle was influential on the hippie movement, spelt his name in this manner as he felt "god" and "infinity" were the only words worthy of capitalization. record labels were inconsistent on this matter, though, with some using all-lowercase and others using standard capitalization or even all-caps. |
| 276 | [[/folder]] |
| 277 | |
| 278 | [[folder:networks]] |
| 279 | * [[Creator/AdultSwim [adult swim]]]. |
| 280 | * the logo of the [[Creator/{{ABC}} american broadcasting company]] consists of the lowercase letters "abc" in a circle or circular outline. |
| 281 | * Creator/{{tbs}} is stylized with all lowercase letters, as is the slogan "very funny". |
| 282 | * [[Creator/Channel5 channel 5]] was stylised as '''fıve''' (yes, with a dotless "i") for several years in the noughties. |
| 283 | [[/folder]] |
| 284 | |
| 285 | [[folder:poetry]] |
| 286 | * this and [[NoPunctuationPeriod lack of punctuation]] (other than\ |
| 287 | parentheses) were the signature style (and it spawned plenty\ |
| 288 | of [[FollowTheLeader imitators]]) of [[Creator/EECummings e e cummings']] poetry |
| 289 | * [[Literature/ArchyAndMehitabel archy the cockroach]] types in lowercase because his body is too small to depress the shift key and another key at the same time. |
| 290 | [[/folder]] |
| 291 | |
| 292 | [[folder:puppet shows]] |
| 293 | * the title card of ''[[Series/TheMuppets2015 the muppets]]'', using the font associated with ''the office (us)'', american typewriter medium. in the episode "going, going gonzo", miss piggy's bottled water brand, piggy water, had a lowercase logo in imitation of other water brands. |
| 294 | [[/folder]] |
| 295 | |
| 296 | [[folder:roleplay]] |
| 297 | * in [[Roleplay/TropersTheSeries tropers: the series]], arceus speaks like this. |
| 298 | [[/folder]] |
| 299 | |
| 300 | [[folder:video games]] |
| 301 | * the logo for [[Creator/{{nintendo}} nintendo]]'s [[Toys/{{Amiibo}} amiibo]] figures. |
| 302 | * ''[[VideoGame/ArtOfRally art of rally]]'' has lowercase text everywhere in the game. |
| 303 | * ''[[VideoGame/BattleGirl battle-girl]]'''s title, and the name of its eponymous heroine. |
| 304 | * catie from ''[[VideoGame/BoxxyQuestTheGatheringStorm boxxyquest: the gathering storm]]'' likes to speak this way. |
| 305 | * john calhoun, author of ''VideoGame/{{glider}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{pararena}}'', writes his name in all lowercase. |
| 306 | * ''VideoGame/{{cat planet}}!'' |
| 307 | * in ''[[VideoGame/ChicoryAColorfulTale chicory: a colorful tale]]'', pickle talks in lowercase text, giving them an air of nonchalance. |
| 308 | * ''[[VideoGame/ADarkRoom a dark room]]'' uses mainly lowercase text. |
| 309 | * unlike ''VideoGame/{{undertale}}'s'' all uppercase title, ''[[VideoGame/{{deltarune}} deltarune's]]'' title is all lowercase. |
| 310 | * minor example in ''[[VideoGame/Disgaea4APromiseUnforgotten disgaea 4]]'', where one of the random generic character names is "my name is too low". |
| 311 | * the opening text of ''[[VideoGame/DynamiteDux dynamite dux]]'' is all in lowercase. |
| 312 | * ''[[VideoGame/EmilyIsAway emily is away]]'' does this, [[spoiler:until things start getting serious towards the end of the game.]] |
| 313 | * vell-os telepathy in ''[[VideoGame/EscapeVelocity ev nova]]'' is depicted as all-lowercase with [[NoPunctuationPeriod no punctuation]]. |
| 314 | * all the ''VideoGame/{{fractured}}'' games' narration is in lowercase, even uses of "i", "i'm", and "i'd". punctuation usage is minimal. |
| 315 | * the game boy micro used lowercase letters for the buttons. |
| 316 | * the [[Platform/GameCom game.com]] was styled in this way. |
| 317 | * ''VideoGame/{{heretic}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{hexen}}'', except for the title logos. |
| 318 | * the title of {{roguelike}} platformer ''VideoGame/{{hets}}''. |
| 319 | * zigzagged in [[VideoGame/IllWill2023 illwill]], which deliberately starts with a lowercase "i". but the "w" is capitalized. |
| 320 | * ''VideoGame/{{jubeat}}'' and many of its sequels: ''jubeat ripples'', ''jubeat knit'', ''jubeat copious'', ''jubeat saucer'', ''jubeat saucer [[ExpansionPack fulfill]]'', ''jubeat prop'', and ''jubeat clan''. |
| 321 | * ''[[Franchise/TheKingOfFighters the king of fighters xi]]'' uses this for most of its text; an example being character names. |
| 322 | * ''VideoGame/{{luminesweeper}}'' for Platform/{{game boy advance}} uses lowercase arial bold throughout its on-screen text. |
| 323 | * ''VideoGame/{{maimai}}''[='=]s title. sequels introduce subtitles that avert this trope, however. |
| 324 | * the ruler of ''VideoGame/{{mogeko castle}}'' differentiates himself from all other mogeko by always spelling his name in lowercase letters. |
| 325 | * the hacker in ''VideoGame/{{monaco}}'' talks like this. his lines also [[MotorMouth lack space bar usage]]. |
| 326 | * the title of the kongregate game ''[[VideoGame/NoOneHasToDie no one has to die]]''. |
| 327 | * ''VideoGame/{{phantom doctrine}}:'' code names of people and places and organisations that you find when reviewing intel are usually in this format. e.g. "I went to lake house and met eel monitor, who claimed to represent obsidian eyes." |
| 328 | * in the first[[note]]second in japan[[/note]] ''[[VideoGame/PokemonStadium pokémon stadium]]'', the cueball's pokémon are named this way. |
| 329 | * ''[[VideoGame/PsyCard psycard]]'': the minigame, ''friend's quest'', is like this, item names, windows, {{flavor text}}, etc. |
| 330 | * in ''VideoGame/{{rymdkapsel}}'' all text is in lower-case. |
| 331 | * planet's speech in ''[[VideoGame/SidMeiersAlphaCentauri sid meier's alpha centauri]]'' is never capitalized. it also constantly refers to specific people as "earth<name>" (e.g. earthdeirdre). |
| 332 | * ''VideoGame/{{skate}}'' is always marketed as ''skate.'' |
| 333 | * although the insecto-robot from ''[[VideoGame/LaStatuetteMauditeDeLOncleErnest la statuette maudite de l'oncle ernest]]'' is a unique model and is considered a character [[InUniverse in-universe]], its name is officially written with no capitalization. |
| 334 | * ''VideoGame/{{supplice}}'' has an {{apocalyptic log}} from a scared worker which is all in lowercase. probably because the person in question is too delirious to write coherent sentences. |
| 335 | --> please help\ |
| 336 | i don't know what to do\ |
| 337 | hiding in the west lower interconnected tunnel |
| 338 | * ''VideoGame/{{telling lies}}'' is stylized as [[LuckyCharmsTitle ''telling l!es'']]. |
| 339 | * ''[[VideoGame/TonyHawksProSkater tony hawk's proving ground]]'' uses this for listing all your tricks in a combo. |
| 340 | * ''VideoGame/{{transistor}}'': the limiters are written by royce without capitals, such as "i" being like that. |
| 341 | * ''[[VideoGame/{{UIN}} uin]]'s'' dialogue is all in lowercase. |
| 342 | * ''VideoGame/{{undertale}}'': |
| 343 | ** napstablook in speaks in all lowercase, likely due to being depressed. |
| 344 | ** sans seems to speak in all lowercase as well, to contrast his brother papyrus who speaks in [[CapsLock all capitals]], but then you see sans capitalize the word "i" sometimes; the joke is that he talks like he's typing and is too lazy to type properly. [[spoiler:if he speaks in proper capitalization, it means he's being [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness very serious]].]] |
| 345 | ** alphys' undernet messages are often written this way, and her logs in [[spoiler:the true lab]] fully lapse into this after her 9th entry, but goes back to capital letters for the 14th and 15th entries (the 16th too, [[RapidFireNo but for different reasons]]). |
| 346 | * ''VideoGame/{{the white chamber}}'''s title. |
| 347 | * chaos from ''VideoGame/{{xenosaga}}'' which is done in contrast to the all caps KOS-MOS |
| 348 | [[/folder]] |
| 349 | |
| 350 | [[folder:visual novels]] |
| 351 | * ''[[VisualNovel/ADateWithDeath a date with death]]'': "grim" initially types by capitalizing every word in a sentence, but after the player character makes fun of him for it, he starts typing like this from day 2 onwards. |
| 352 | * ''[[VisualNovel/DontTakeItPersonallyBabeItJustAintYourStory don't take it personally, babe, it just ain't your story]],'' in which much of the dialogue takes place between teenagers on their school's chatroom. |
| 353 | * ''euphoria'' has its title stylized this way. |
| 354 | * in ''VisualNovel/{{misericorde}}'', sister darcy's dialogue is written in this style, sometimes omitting punctuation as well. since no one else talks like this, it serves to emphasize sister darcy's [[CloudCuckoolander strange nature]]. |
| 355 | [[/folder]] |
| 356 | |
| 357 | [[folder:webcomics]] |
| 358 | * ''Webcomic/{{achewood}}'s'' roast beef speaks like this dogg complete with no punctuation because he is hella quiet and subdued very much a defining characteristic |
| 359 | * ''Webcomic/{{chainsawsuit}}'', though it occasionally uses capital letters for emphasis. |
| 360 | * ''Webcomic/{{damaged tape}}'' used to be titled in all lowercase, before it moved to an official website -- the titles of each new strip are still this trope, however. |
| 361 | * ''Webcomic/{{gunnerkrigg court}}'' uses the [[http://www.blambot.com/font_aleandwenches.shtml ale and wenches font]], most of whose letters[[labelnote:*]](in fact, all but the "i" vowel)[[/labelnote]] look the same in uppercase and lowercase. tom siddell's melancholic use of this and [[NoPunctuationPeriod no punctuation period]] are also evident in his [[ConceptArt concept art]] [[http://tea-san.deviantart.com/art/Gamma-Zeta-5061159 here]]. |
| 362 | * because most dialogue in ''Webcomic/{{homestuck}}'' is typed, not spoken, several characters 'speak' like this, including jade, john, dave, aradia, sollux, nepeta and eridan. |
| 363 | ** some exiles also type like this, but only because [[AfterTheEnd they have never typed before]]. though more of them talk more '''[[BoldInflation emphatically]]'''. |
| 364 | * ''[[Webcomic/{{housepets}} housepets!]]'': aardvark's name (or at least, [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname what everyone calls him]]) is rendered in lowercase letters via the site's tagging system, potentially to play up his complete nobody status. |
| 365 | * in ''Webcomic/{{jojopolis}}'', myra armstrong's speech is almost entirely in lowercase, representing how she has to speak quietly to avoid being hit by her own stand, "the sound", which automatically targets the loudest sound in the vicinity. the only exception is when she screams in order to attempt a [[TakingYouWithMe taking you with me]] attack on sonny. |
| 366 | * ''[[Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons kill six billion demons]]'': gog-agog normally speaks like this, only using capital letters when she's emphasizing something. which, admittedly, [[EmphasizeEverything she does quite a lot]]. [[spoiler:[[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Speaking with a normal font is usually a good sign she's getting serious about something]], which is usually a very, ''very'' bad sign [[MadGod for anyone else in the vicinity]].]] |
| 367 | * ''Webcomic/{{minus}}''. both for the comic and the titular character in-universe. |
| 368 | * the inhabitants of ''Webcomic/{{monospace}}'' speak this way. |
| 369 | * ickle's name from ''Webcomic/{{mymilktoof}}'' is always spelt in lowercase to exaggerate his size. |
| 370 | * ''[[Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick the order of the stick]]'': |
| 371 | ** '''orcs talk like this, but [[LampshadeHanging capital letters intrigue mungu]].''' |
| 372 | ** eric greenhilt too. "hi roy! wanna play blocks with me?" |
| 373 | * ''Webcomic/{{pictures for sad children}}'' uses this to add to its cynical and fatalistic tone. |
| 374 | * used in ''Webcomic/{{runewriters}}'' to show the deaf character tareth's difficulty in speaking. |
| 375 | * davan in ''[[Webcomic/SomethingPositive something*positive]]'' writes like this in instant messenger. it becomes a minor plot point when eva's ex pretends to be davan online, but fails to fool jason because he writes with correct capitalization. |
| 376 | * alda henning from the ''[[http://beesbuzz.biz/d/20101018.php breeder]]'' arc in ''Webcomic/{{unity}}'', who only capitalizes the name of her mistress |
| 377 | ** also, the cartoonist goes by an all-lowercase "fluffy", although this is claimed more to be for typographic purity. |
| 378 | * luna lovegood speaks this way in ''[[Webcomic/VoldemortsChildren voldemort's children]]'', even though no other character does. |
| 379 | * ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' in some of the earlier comics, not to mention the title itself. |
| 380 | [[/folder]] |
| 381 | |
| 382 | [[folder:web original]] |
| 383 | * bedrockperson from, obviously, ''WebAnimation/{{bedrock person}}''. |
| 384 | * [[http://www.metroid2002.com/ this]] famous ''Franchise/{{metroid}}'' fansite uses this style. |
| 385 | * sloshy from ''[[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner homestar runner]]'' uses this in their logo. and they have it written upside down for bonus style points. |
| 386 | ** also, the names of almost every [[WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail sbemail]], at least on the sbemail menu and the titles of their hrwiki articles. |
| 387 | * most text from the earlier videos from ''[[WebAnimation/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers smg4]]'' is written this way, except when emphasis is needed. |
| 388 | * indie developer [[http://www.auntiepixelante.com auntie pixelante's blog.]] |
| 389 | * mr.coconut, the Website/{{neopets}} editorial's most recent meme. |
| 390 | * [[Platform/YouTube youtube]] video captions generated using their transcribe audio feature are often like this. |
| 391 | * the WebAnimation/{{asdfmovie}} series. |
| 392 | * LetsPlay/{{sips}} never tweets using proper capitals, and most of his subreddit posts are written the same way (though his grammar is better). his video descriptions proper avert this. |
| 393 | * custom tags on [[Platform/ArchiveOfOurOwn archive of our own]] ignore any capitalization when the work is saved, and appear in all lowercase until the tagging team makes them canon. |
| 394 | * WebVideo/{{wroetoshaw}} and [[WebVideo/{{Miniminter}} miniminter]] of the WebVideo/{{sidemen}}. |
| 395 | * Platform/{{facebook}}, both its logo and some postings. |
| 396 | * Website/{{texts from last night}}, if the senders' auto-correct isn't on. |
| 397 | * both of ebay's logos. |
| 398 | * Platform/{{tumblr}}: |
| 399 | ** the logo is spelled with lowercase letters. |
| 400 | ** mop, one of the [[AprilFoolsDay april fools' day]] 2016 characters, writes in all lowercase letters, reflecting his quirkiness. |
| 401 | ** many of their users type in lowercase, as shown from [[https://about.tumblr.com the about page's]] selection of community posts. |
| 402 | * many of WebVideo/BillWurtz's videos, most notably WebVideo/HistoryOfJapan and WebVideo/HistoryOfTheEntireWorldIGuess. |
| 403 | * juice from ''WebOriginal/SeventeenThousandSevenHundredSeventySix'' types this way. |
| 404 | * ''Website/{{scp foundation}}'': hello yes this is dado. he make good parapharmaceutical and also laundry and tan. sry dado speak [[IntentionalEngrishForFunny english language such way]] because dado may or may not be human, and his caps key broken yes. |
| 405 | * as seen in the page quote, one of the (fictional) commentators on john's {{character blog}} in ''Series/{{sherlock}}'' does this. it gets a {{lampshade hanging}} when he uses [[CapsLock block caps]] to express his excitement that sherlock's alive, and john's friend mike points it out. |
| 406 | * chico from ''[[Roleplay/SolarWind solar wind]]''[='=]s dialogue is written this way, as is tav's when they're under the influence of [[spoiler:cannabis]]. |
| 407 | * many of Blog/{{dril}}'s tweets are formatted this way for {{stylistic suck}} purposes. |
| 408 | * in ''WebVideo/{{dream}}'''s youtube profile picture, "dream" is uncapitalized. |
| 409 | * the handle and account title for Blog/MakeUpAGuy are both in all lowercase, and the tweets are typically spelled in all-lowercase as well, giving the account its casual feel. |
| 410 | * the titles of videos by [[WebVideo/ColeyDoesThings coleydoesthings]] are in all lowercase to go along with the diy no budget aesthetic of her skits. |
| 411 | * the penultimate episode of ''WebAnimation/{{alphabet}}'' is called "n", whereas the preceding episodes had uppercase titles, since it is about the letters when they were lowercase kids. |
| 412 | * [[Creator/JamieBarker jamie barker]] renders the majority of her online posts this way, especially on facebook. here's [[https://www.facebook.com/fakegamercomics/posts/pfbid07n1X7RjZegyoY5ZMPXuDSx4JYP7fGk9StXjVWtY9NRcxqkCBFCwsCX8q4HNzeEtsl an example]]. |
| 413 | * several members of ''WebVideo/{{smplive}}'' have all-lowercase usernames, such as jschlatt, cscoop, and supertraves. |
| 414 | * the links in ''Website/{{nobody here}}'''s main page are spelled in all-lowercase. |
| 415 | [[/folder]] |
| 416 | |
| 417 | [[folder:western animation]] |
| 418 | * lampshaded in an episode of ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons the simpsons]]'' where marge tried a [[BlandNameProduct bland-name product]] version of vitamin water, and -- after noticing the label was in all-lowercase -- commented that it was like drinking [[Creator/EECummings e e cummings]]. |
| 419 | * just about every on-screen word in ''WesternAnimation/{{caillou}}'' is printed in lowercase letters. |
| 420 | * when [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes warner bros.]] sold their pre-1948 color and b/w merrie melodies films (and paramount their theatrical ''WesternAnimation/{{popeye}}'' package to associated artists productions in 1956 for tv distribution), all the cartoons bore the a.a.p. title openings with everything in lowercase. |
| 421 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{justice league}}'' consistently displayed the title and credits of a given episode in lowercase letters. |
| 422 | [[/folder]] |
| 423 | |
| 424 | [[folder:tv tropes wiki]] |
| 425 | * [[SelfDemonstratingArticle this page]], obviously. |
| 426 | * some tropers like to do this with their troper names. |
| 427 | * the tv tropes logo. |
| 428 | [[/folder]] |
| 429 | |
| 430 | [[folder:real life]] |
| 431 | * many transcriptions of latin and greek texts use only lower-case letters. this is because the original texts in the classical period had no capital or lower case distinction, and everything used what are now the capital letters. nowadays they seem to be written with [[BoldInflation bold inflation]]. but since in most modern typefaces it is much easier on the eyes to read all lower-case letters, they are usually inverted to preserve the original feel. such ancient texts in their original forms also contained [[NoPunctuationPeriod neither punctuation]] nor any spaces, but are given both in modern renditions. |
| 432 | * original texts in greek minuscule and roman-era latin cursive (to a lesser extent than greek, as many of the letterforms are too different from their modern counterparts to be recognisable) look like precisely this trope to today's readers. |
| 433 | * herbert bayer, from the famous german bauhaus school of design, banned the use of uppercase letters in school materials in 1925 ("we only use small characters because it saves time. moreover, why have 2 alphabets when one will do? why write capitals if we cannot speak capitals?"). the most iconic "bauhaus" typeform is based on his "[[http://www.type.nu/bayer/univer.html universal]]" typeface. |
| 434 | * s3 buckets for amazon web services have all globally unique names that only contain lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens. |
| 435 | * social media researcher [[http://www.zephoria.org/ danah boyd's]] name. |
| 436 | * porn star jessica drake signs her name like this. |
| 437 | * high school debate personality jon sharpe's name. |
| 438 | * [[SerialKiller serial killer]] ted bundy always signed letters like this: "peace, ted" |
| 439 | * some logo examples: |
| 440 | ** [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/logopedia/images/e/e9/Pepsi_logo_2008.svg/revision/latest?cb=20150415040255 the 2009 pepsi logo.]] |
| 441 | ** [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/logopedia/images/4/4f/BP.svg/revision/latest?cb=20171006083545 the 2000 bp logo.]] |
| 442 | ** [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/logopedia/images/4/48/Arby%27s_2012_Logo.svg/revision/latest?cb=20181013034413 the 2012-2013 arby’s logo.]] |
| 443 | ** [[https://seeklogo.com/images/F/ford-focus-logo-41B84AD02B-seeklogo.com.png the 1998-2003 ford focus logo.]] |
| 444 | ** [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/logopedia/images/6/6c/Xerox_2008.svg/revision/latest?cb=20161225054849 the 2008 xerox logo.]] |
| 445 | ** [[https://cartype.com/pics/1623/full/audi_quattro_logo1.jpg the word "quattro" on audi's all wheel drive models.]] |
| 446 | * officially, the ''[[Ride/ItsASmallWorld "it's a small world"]]'' attraction at [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks disney theme parks]] is "properly" spelled with all lowercase letters. it's still frequently referred to using capitalization though, even by disney themselves. |
| 447 | * some grammar textbooks for grade school kids will have exercises with the directions to rewrite sentences written like this with properly capitalized words. the popular joke example of this, "i helped my uncle jack off a horse", is used in gags about why capitalisation is important. |
| 448 | * elementary school students learning cursive are usually taught lowercase letters first, resulting in this when they attempt to write names or sentences in cursive before finishing the unit. |
| 449 | * the guardian newspaper's title is written like this, [[Magazine/PrivateEye along with the rest of the paper]]. |
| 450 | * [[Creator/ZacharyQuinto zachary quinto]] writes everything on his twitter or in other places in all lowercase letters. sometimes without paragraph breaks, as well. someone on reddit asked him is he was afraid of capitalization, to which he joked (or not) in [[DeadpanSnarker all caps that he was terrified.]] |
| 451 | * christopher poole (aka moot or mootykins), creator of [[Platform/FourChan 4chan]] and its spin-off ''canv.as'', always types like this when replying to his users. |
| 452 | * adidas uses lowercase in the wordmark portion of its logo (for both the "trefoil" that currently serves as their retro brand, and their current "three-stripes" logo), and insists on using its name in lower-case in all of its documentation, including press releases from any organization they are partnered with. |
| 453 | * new balance prints a lowercase logo on many of its shoes. |
| 454 | * there are certain scripts that are entirely monocase, having no differentiation between lowercase and uppercase. an example would be the georgian alphabet. |
| 455 | * most of [[http://www.craigslist.org/about/sites craigslist]]. |
| 456 | * text posts on [[https://www.tumblr.com tumblr]] quite often use all-lowercase letters. pair it with [[NoPunctuationIsFunnier no punctuation is funnier]] and you have the basis for a lot of comedic posts. |
| 457 | * a running joke in scientific circles holds that the prestige of your name appearing in print is inversely proportional to the number of capital letters in it: |
| 458 | ** your name in all caps = author or co-author of a research paper (not insignificant, but thousands are produced each year). |
| 459 | ** your name with the first letters capitalized = a scientific principle, law, or constant associated with you (e.g., Kepler's laws, Fermat's last theorem, or Avogadro's number). |
| 460 | ** your name in all lowercase = a unit of measurement (e.g., the watt or tesla). |
| 461 | * british bank first direct is branded this way (albeit with the name '''first direct''' always in bold to make it stand out in a sentence). |
| 462 | * [[https://www.piefivepizza.com pie five pizza]] used to do this on their website and menus until 2019. |
| 463 | * [[WebVideo/DanIsNotOnFire danisnotonfire's]] youtube channel name (at least until he started using his real name instead) and the way he types. |
| 464 | * the unix operating system [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illumos illumos]] is spelled this way. |
| 465 | * [[https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1178 rfc 1178]] dictates that computer names should be in all lowercase. |
| 466 | * [[Platform/{{Unix}} unix]] utilities are usually entirely in lowercase. this is actually an ergonomic choice meant to reduce the risk of carpal tunnel syndrome and rsi in sysops, which is also why the most frequently used utilities have extremely short names (e.g. ls, mv, cp, vi, ip a), or short aliases. |
| 467 | * parkrun -- everyone will know you're a {{noob}} if you capitalise the p (fortunately, the community is very noob-friendly) |
| 468 | * all english is a downplayed trope of this...if you are a german, which capitalizes all nouns (not only proper names). |
| 469 | * Creator/{{npckc}}'s online handle, as well as some of their work titles (ex. ''VisualNovel/OneNightHotSprings''), contain no capital letters. other work titles, however, have either standard capitalization (ex. Mima and Nina's Chocolate Workshop) or are entirely capitalized (ex. A YEAR OF SPRINGS). |
| 470 | * [[UsefulNotes/TokiPona toki pona]] is written almost entirely in lowercase. only proper names (of people, places, other languages) are capitalized. |
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