06 November 2009

Capitalization of Fantasy Race Names

On the capitalization of fantasy race names:

For the longest time I have capitalized my non-human race names such as Eldrien, Dworgh, Scaithi, Ogre, Goblin, and so forth. After all, the name of virtually every human race is capitalized, such as African-America, Latino, Caucasian, and so forth. Thus, capitalizing fantasy race names seemed fairly acceptable until I realized that it would force me to capitalize “human” as well.

—M.C. Williams