How I got convinced to use sentence case instead of title case
Posted by Samar | Posted in Blogging | Posted on 02-05-2009
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I’ve been using title cases on The Base. I thought that’s how titles should be. They look formal and official to me. After all, newspapers use them too!
Until I came across a post on Snappy Sentences, I never gave it much conscious thought. While reading “Sentence case v title case” I had my response ready from the second I read the title. I was going to reply with all the reasons title cases are the way to go for a blog after I finished reading the post.
Then I read this:
Sites that use title case often use it inconsistently. Sometimes You Get This. But Sometimes you Get This.
The above two sentences blew all my arguments away. How many time have I wasted time trying to decipher which word to capitalize and which to not? There’s been so many times I’ve gotten it wrong too!
There’s nothing wrong in using title cases, they’re just not as reader/writer friendly as sentence case. Goes to show that just because I thought something should be a certain way, doesn’t mean that it has to be.
Still not convinced? Read the post over at Snappy Sentences, come back and debate away.
P.S: As convinced as I am, I still think title cases are better to look at! Too bad sentence casing makes my life as a blogger easy.
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Phew – glad I won you over
Thanks for the feedback, Cheers.
You’re welcome. I still don’t know if sentence casing is easier on the eyes, but its easier on my blogging!
Your post compelled me to change my opinion. Not many blogs have done that.
I look forward to your future posts
Going to have to disagree with you (and Sally) on this one.
Let’s take the sentence that won you over. It’s not an argument against title case but rather an attack on inconsistency. Simple solution; be consistent.
What really struck me though was your last sentence, “As convinced as I am, I still think title cases are better to look at! Too bad sentence casing makes my life as a blogger easy”
They are better to look at. There’s something psychological about title case. That’s why the best copywriters utilise it and you have to ask yourself is that extra work worth it.
Whoa – you just blew my happy blogger bubble Marc! You have a point. I’ve only switched to using sentence casing in my blogging. For my ghost blogging and other copy writing work, I still use title case.
So far I’ve been treating it as an experiment to see if it makes any difference. Also, I’ve started noticing which bloggers use sentence case and which use title case. It’s been interesting!