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Upper and lower case letters are named “upper” and “lower” because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the upper case letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the lower case letters.
Also letterpress related:
- “Mind your p’s and q’s”
- Being “out of sorts”
- Leading (pronounced like the element “lead”)—it refers to line spacing when strips of lead were actually used between lines of type
Really? I thought the p’s and q’s thing was “pints and quarts” in reference to drinking.
Upon checking snopes, it claims we are both wrong, but who knows!
(Source: ohyeahfacts)
