NYT Style capitalizes most words in a title, while lowercase removes all capitalization. They serve completely different purposes.
NYT Style capitalizes all major words including most prepositions, lowercasing only articles and coordinating conjunctions. It produces headlines with more capitals than AP Style.
NYT Style suits publications that model their editorial standards after prestige American newspapers. It works well as a middle ground between AP Style and full title case.
Open NYT Style converterLowercase converts every letter to its uncapitalized form. It is used for URL slugs, code identifiers, file names, and stylized creative copy where conventional capitalization is intentionally set aside.
Lowercase is required for most URLs, programming variables, and database identifiers. It is also adopted as a deliberate stylistic choice in branding and social media.
Open Lowercase converterNYT Style suits publications that model their editorial standards after prestige American newspapers. It works well as a middle ground between AP Style and full title case.
Only articles and coordinating conjunctions are consistently lowercased. Prepositions are generally capitalized, unlike in AP Style.
Lowercase is required for most URLs, programming variables, and database identifiers. It is also adopted as a deliberate stylistic choice in branding and social media.
Every letter is lowercased. This is the default state of text before any capitalization rules are applied.
Choose NYT Style for editorial headlines and journalism.
Choose lowercase for URLs, code identifiers, and stylized creative copy.
Lowercase appears intentional in a headline context. NYT Style signals a formal editorial publication.