upper and lowercase unjoined letter.

English translation: printing

09:45 Oct 25, 2004
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English term or phrase: upper and lowercase unjoined letter.
Sorry I still have some question.
Is that any word for upper and lowercase unjoined letter collectively?
You say block letter is uppercase unjoined letter only, right?
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Selected answer:printing
Explanation:
This is called printing. You can also print in capital/block letters.



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Note added at 30 mins (2004-10-25 10:16:22 GMT)
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According to Collins English dictionary:

to print: to write (letters, etc) in the style of printed matter.

To write: to write (words) in cursive as opposed to printed style.
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cmwilliams (X)
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Local time: 15:43
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5 +7printing
cmwilliams (X)
3 +1Just writing
Jane Gabbutt


  

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Just writing


Explanation:
I don't think that there is a specific term for "upper and lower case unjoined letters collectively", as I am writing this here now. Microsoft Word calls it "Sentence case" but really its just writing.
The letters could be completely separate or they may be partially joined, it depends on the sophistication of the handwriting.

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Note added at 25 mins (2004-10-25 10:11:07 GMT)
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CAPITALS or CAPITAL LETTERS or BLOCK CAPITALS are upper case, unjoined letters.

Jane Gabbutt
Local time: 15:43
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

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agree  Lys Nguyen: thanks
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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
printing


Explanation:
This is called printing. You can also print in capital/block letters.



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Note added at 30 mins (2004-10-25 10:16:22 GMT)
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According to Collins English dictionary:

to print: to write (letters, etc) in the style of printed matter.

To write: to write (words) in cursive as opposed to printed style.

cmwilliams (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:43
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jane Gabbutt: Of course. Can't you tell its Monday morning, I think I need coffee.
20 mins
  -> Thanks Jane!

agree  Rajan Chopra
35 mins
  -> thanks langclinic

agree  Melanie Nassar
2 hrs
  -> thanks armaat

agree  nlingua
4 hrs
  -> thank you nlingua

agree  RHELLER: yes, we do not speak in terms of joined/unjoined, only cursive (handwriting) or printed
4 hrs
  -> thanks Rita, although the term 'joined (or joined up) handwriting' is used in the UK

agree  Deborah Workman
18 hrs
  -> Thanks Deborah

agree  Refugio
1 day 8 hrs
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