UPPERCASE
- Forbidden
- Uppercase sentences, uppercase buttons, uppercase anything long
- Instead
- Reading works by word shape, and every uppercase word is the same rectangle, so the reader is forced letter by letter.
What this rule looks like
Why this rule
The one legitimate use is a short label distinguishing itself from nearby text — a category or section marker. Then: small size, bold weight, and increased letter spacing (--tracking-caps). 14px bold with generous tracking reads as a label; 18px regular with none reads as shouting.
- Kind
- Rule
- Section
- UI writing
- Group
- Words
- Bucket
- judgment
- Severity
- note
- Since
- v0.1.0