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My friend, you are in for a treat: That tiny little dot is, I kid you not, called a tittle. It comes from the Latin word titulus, which means inscription or heading. The humble tittle started off as a larger mark in 11th century Latin manuscripts, helping to differentiate the letters, and shrunk to the dot we know and love with the invention of typeface in the 1400s.
The word is seldom used today, which is a real shame, but it does have ties to the phrase "to a T"—it started off as "to a tittle." I don't know about you, but I think we should bring it back.
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∙ 13y agoA tittle is the dot above the lowercase letter.
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dot is a small distinguishing mark.
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Step 1 : Introduction to the question "What is the dot above the letter i and j called?" ...The small distinguishing mark you see over a lowercase i and a lowercase j is called a tittle – an interesting name that seems like a combination of “tiny” and “little,” and refers to a small point or stroke in writing and printing.
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Through the years I have heard the word tittle used in editing terms, such as;
" Make sure you have every jot and tittle correct in this document." As such, this definition dates back to The Bible in 2 places, Matthew 5:18 and Luke 16:17. Today we just say " look it over and dot your i's and cross your t's, before you turn it in..."
Shelby McKenzie
A tittle or superscript dot is a small distinguishing mark, such as a diacritic in the form of a dot on a lowercase i or j. The tittle is an integral part of the glyph of i and j, but diacritic dots can appear over other letters in various languages.
Cristal Kaye Caballe...
The dot over the lowercase 'i' and 'j' is called title. A title is a small
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Danial Hrominchuk
Although I did not believe it I was wrong to not to believe it. I thought tittle was only for the heading on a book! Not also for the dot on the i. Also the cross on the t is called a tisten.
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What does the dot on the lowercase i mean?
This is a guess: the dot distinguishes i from the peaks in the cursive letters u and w.
What is the meaning of upper and lowercase?
Uppercase means capital letters, as in "ABCDE." Lowercase means non-capital letters, as in "abcde."
Was there lowercase letters in ancient Rome?
yes
Who were the intellectuals who left America in the 1920s and became expatriates?
they were called the "lost generation." i found the answer right here on answer-dot- com
What does it mean when you are born with a dot on your forehead?
What does it mean if your born with a dot in the middle or your eyebrows
Name given to the dot on the lowercase i?
It's called a tittle......weird I know but that's what its called........
Is the dot above the i?
Yes, it is above the I in a lowercase I.
What does the dot on the lowercase i mean?
This is a guess: the dot distinguishes i from the peaks in the cursive letters u and w.
What is the name of the dot above the letters i and j?
The dot above the lowercase "i" and "j" is known as a tittle.
How do you spell idot?
The closest word by spelling is the word "idiot" (suggesting low intelligence).The "dot" over a lowercase I or J is called a tittle.
How do you beat level 2 of Windowsill?
just pull the dot off of the lowercase i.
How do you type an i without the dot?
Option, Shift B or CAPS LOCK look at a capital i and a lowercase i, I i
What is the dot above the j in English lower case?
A tittle is a small distinguishing mark, such as a diacritic or the dot on a lowercase i or j. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tittle
What is the line in the lowercase letter i called?
The line in the lowercase letter "i" is called a dot. The dot differentiates the letter "i" from the letter "l" when written in lowercase.
Which example illustrates how an apostrophe is used to form the plural of lowercase letters?
Always remember to dot your i's and cross your t's.
What is the cross of a lowercase t?
The cross of a lowercase "t" is called a cross bar. It gets that name from its resemblance to a cross.
What do you call dot dot dot i.e. ....?
that would be called an "ellipsis."It is called ellipsis.
