The terms are said to have originated in the very early years of the printing press. The print copy was created by using metal letters which were individually placed into a frame before inking and then pressed onto the paper. The stock of metal letters was kept in cases (trays), the more-frequently used small letters were kept close by in the lower case; the lessor used capital letters were kept in the upper case. Hence the terms upper and lower case.
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