From d31516cf1c4c9a106c269bdd1c19706752835e9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?benjamin=20melan=C3=A7on?= Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 10:07:08 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Revise to document what we do consistently that looks good, like sentence case for titles --- content-style-guide.md | 13 +++++-------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/content-style-guide.md b/content-style-guide.md index 21c03e5..63b24a2 100644 --- a/content-style-guide.md +++ b/content-style-guide.md @@ -219,18 +219,15 @@ One exception is when you want to specifically emphasize the action over the sub #### Capitalization -We use a few different forms of capitalization. Title case capitalizes the first letter of every word except articles, prepositions, and conjunctions. We use title case for the titles of pages, including blog posts and basic pages. +Sentence case capitalizes the first letter of the first word. We use sentence case for headlines, subheads, and headings as well as every other sentence. (We do **not** use title case, which capitalizes the first letter of every word except articles, prepositions, and conjunctions. Instead, we let the formatting of titles carry the weight and use the more natural sentence case.) -Sentence case capitalizes the first letter of the first word. When writing out an e-mail address or website URL, use all lowercase. -micky@agaric.com + +micky@agaric.coop agaric.com -Do not capitalize random words in the middle of sentences. Here are some words that we never capitalize in a sentence. For more, see the Word list. -website -internet -online -e-mail +Do not capitalize words in the middle of sentences that are not proper nouns. We do not capitalize internet, web, or e-mail. For more, see the [word list](#word-list-specialized-vocabulary). + #### Contractions