Is there any standard for formatting text on identification labels in an art museum? For years we have printed the artist's name in caps & lower case, bold. Now some of the staff want us to print the artist's names in all caps. Would you store the data in the Artist field in the database in all caps? The text of our exhibit identification labels is always extracted from our database to a file, and then imported into a word processor or DTP program for formatting and printing. As now done, this is most efficient, since we do not have to *re-type* anything, just apply margins and font formatting specifications, etc. Would you be concerned about the "loss of information" if all the artists names were converted to all caps in the database? How do you feel about the conversion to caps of names like: de Kooning --> DE KOONING O'Connor --> O'CONNOR McPherson --> MCPHERSON McCormick --> MCCORMICK Let's discuss this on list. ============================================================ Stephen B. Ringle, Registrar [log in to unmask] University of Maine Museum of Art 5712 Carnegie Hall, Room 109 vox: 207-581-3257 Orono, Maine 04469-5712 fax: 207-581-3083 ============================================================