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A doubled capital sign marking a whole word as capitals.
Also known as: Capital word sign, Double capital indicator
In Unified English Braille the capital indicator written twice marks the whole of the following word as capitals, rather than repeating the indicator before every letter.
Marks every letter of the following word as a capital.
Contexts: Language and transcription
Saves a cell per letter, which matters in a medium where every character occupies the same fixed width.
Contexts: Language and transcription
The single lower-right dot of the capital indicator written twice in succession before the word it modifies.