Capitalization in headings

[infilta]

Hello, I have a question.

What are the reasons of using Title Case capitalization in headings? E.g. Capitalizing First Letter Of Every Word.

I don't know the history of how title case capitalization came to be, but it seems that possibly it was a way to make title stand out more when font use was limited (e.g. font size, color, type).

Also I am curious if there were any studies on this subject. Which one is easier to read -

A line written without title case capitalization
or
A Line Written With Title Case Capitalization

What are your thoughts?

[crazyleaf]

Try here : Capitalization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[infilta]

Originally Posted by crazyleaf

Try here : Capitalization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I read that earlier, but thank you anyway. In fact, this Wikipedia article does not really answer my questions.

So, please, give me real answers.

[infilta]

Actually now I see something in this Wikipedia article that I missed:

"This is an old form of emphasis, similar to the more modern practice of using a larger or boldface font for titles." It seems that web designers, editors use more then one way to emphasis a sentence - both capitalization, font weight, size and even color. That makes it redundant.

Another peculiar thing that I read in this article is this: "Examples of global publishers whose English-language house styles prescribe sentence-case titles and headings include the International Organization for Standardization and Wikipedia." - The fact is that Wikipeida does not use this type of capitalization. Even in this same article they write headings like this: "Places and geographic terms".

[flick]

i think it's all about personal preference

[infilta]

Originally Posted by flick

i think it's all about personal preference

Well, then we can say that everything is about personal preferences.

And the matter is that even if it is, there should be good or bad reasons to do it or not, as well as for everything else.