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Re:Uppestcase and Lowestcase Letters by 10000truths on Thursday April 01, 2021 @10:08PM (#26668436)
Arabic script has a vaguely similar concept of a given letter having multiple (up to 3) forms. The form depends on what letters precede and/or succeed it (if any).
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Re:Uppestcase and Lowestcase Letters by kingofpandora on Thursday April 01, 2021 @10:20PM (#26668492)
That has nothing to do with emphasis though.
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Re:Uppestcase and Lowestcase Letters by efreak on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @01:29AM (#26720887)
Neither do uppercase letterforms. Uppercase individual letters aren't emphasized, that's just grammar, much like Hebrew's final letters that are only used at the end of words (I'm guessing these indicated the ends of words to assist reading when spacing wasn't used--I've certainly found it useful as such).
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