Re: AKICIF: Capitalization Question

On 10/28/24 8:11 AM, Paul Dormer wrote:

In article <vflqat$gk79$1@dont-email.me>, evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com
(Evelyn C. Leeper) wrote:
 

>
Now when you're using a word-processing app, and ask for
capitalization, it capitalizes every word, e.g., "Devil In A Blue
Dress", and "The Man Without A Country".

 I recall back in 2005 when I was Hugo administrator, we listed the film
"Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow" with "The" capitalised.  Someone
said that was wrong but we said it was what the film's publicity had it
listed as.  However, I now see that there is no capitalisation in the
IMDb listing.

The IMDb and the film's posters (or the title card) do not always agree.   The current cover art/poster has "the" in lower case, but a search of images shows some art with either capitalization, or "the" in the same size font as the major words, while "and" and "of" are in smaller type.
I had originally thought the style rules might have changed, just as the Academia Real dropped "ch" and "ll" as separate letters in the Spanish alphabet in 2010, almost definitely because of computer sorting methods.
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