Upper and Lowercase Starts

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By PrestwoodIT

Sun 20 Feb 0800

Published 1227 years ago.

Updated 4 days ago.

Upper and Lowercase Starts

1300 CE

29 Generations Ago (from 2020 CE)

Spaces between words started circa 800 CE. Over the next few centuries, writing evolved. By the invention of the printing press in 1440, we had punctuation pretty similar to today’s standard. About halfway, at the time of the Magna Carta in 1215, we still had mostly uppercase with spaces between words and an occasional period. Punctuation and spelling mostly standardized starting in the 1300s for the next century, just in time for the printing press.

Image: First page of “On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres” by Nicolaus Copernicus, 1543.

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Michael Alan Prestwood
Author & Natural Philosopher

Prestwood writes on science-first philosophy, with particular attention to the convergence of disciplines. Drawing on his TST Framework, his work emphasizes rational inquiry grounded in empirical observation while engaging questions at the edges of established knowledge. With TouchstoneTruth positioned as a living touchstone, this work aims to contribute reliable, evolving analysis in an emerging AI era where the credibility of information is increasingly contested.