The reason for the confusion, the researchers believe, is that unlike other lowercase letters, the loop-tail g is as much a stylistic conceit as an actual letter.

Why we call capitalized letters 'uppercase' and non-capitalized letters 'lowercase' The terms date back to the 18th-century printing trade.

The origin of the terms uppercase and lowercase might seem pretty self-explanatory. Upper and lower must be references to the height of the letters, and the use of case is presumably an offshoot ...

Since the early days of Morse code, the Navy and Marines have been using all uppercase letters in official fleet communications.

The letter "G" is one of several English letters that has multiple lowercase versions.