On 18-Jan-2015 11:15:05 Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Hi, > > http://2d.laboratorium.net/post/108351875900/small-caps-big-problem > complains about small caps from Word, etc., compared with small caps > designed by the designer. Thought it might be of interest given troff's > long-time S\s-2MALL\s0 C\s-2APS\s0, especially used in the formatting of > Unix. IIRC, Dennis Ritchie said they did it because the CAT gave them > the possibility, but it was regretted for the UNIX/Unix confusion it > caused. > > Heirloom troff, http://heirloom.sourceforge.net/doctools.html, says > > Mechanisms for typesetting small capitals, old-style numerals, and > arbitrary ligatures e.g. using Type 1 âexpertâ or OpenType fonts are > provided. > > Don't know what the other various troff's support for proper small caps > is, e.g. plucking them from the OpenType font? > > Cheers, Ralph.
For what it's worth, here's what I do (with example usage at end): .\"###################### .de smallcaps .nr .sc.ps (\\n[.s]*80/100) .nr .cap.PS \\n[.s] .nr .scsh (\\n[.ps]/100) .char a \s[\\n[.sc.ps]]\Z'A'\h'\\n[.scsh]s'A\s[\\n[.cap.PS]] .char b \s[\\n[.sc.ps]]\Z'B'\h'\\n[.scsh]s'B\s[\\n[.cap.PS]] .char c \s[\\n[.sc.ps]]\Z'C'\h'\\n[.scsh]s'C\s[\\n[.cap.PS]] .char d \s[\\n[.sc.ps]]\Z'D'\h'\\n[.scsh]s'D\s[\\n[.cap.PS]] .char e \s[\\n[.sc.ps]]\Z'E'\h'\\n[.scsh]s'E\s[\\n[.cap.PS]] .char f \s[\\n[.sc.ps]]\Z'F'\h'\\n[.scsh]s'F\s[\\n[.cap.PS]] .char g \s[\\n[.sc.ps]]\Z'G'\h'\\n[.scsh]s'G\s[\\n[.cap.PS]] .char h \s[\\n[.sc.ps]]\Z'H'\h'\\n[.scsh]s'H\s[\\n[.cap.PS]] .char i \s[\\n[.sc.ps]]\Z'I'\h'\\n[.scsh]s'I\s[\\n[.cap.PS]] .char j \s[\\n[.sc.ps]]\Z'J'\h'\\n[.scsh]s'J\s[\\n[.cap.PS]] .char k \s[\\n[.sc.ps]]\Z'K'\h'\\n[.scsh]s'K\s[\\n[.cap.PS]] .char l \s[\\n[.sc.ps]]\Z'L'\h'\\n[.scsh]s'L\s[\\n[.cap.PS]] .char m \s[\\n[.sc.ps]]\Z'M'\h'\\n[.scsh]s'M\s[\\n[.cap.PS]] .char n \s[\\n[.sc.ps]]\Z'N'\h'\\n[.scsh]s'N\s[\\n[.cap.PS]] .char o \s[\\n[.sc.ps]]\Z'O'\h'\\n[.scsh]s'O\s[\\n[.cap.PS]] .char p \s[\\n[.sc.ps]]\Z'P'\h'\\n[.scsh]s'P\s[\\n[.cap.PS]] .char q \s[\\n[.sc.ps]]\Z'Q'\h'\\n[.scsh]s'Q\s[\\n[.cap.PS]] .char r \s[\\n[.sc.ps]]\Z'R'\h'\\n[.scsh]s'R\s[\\n[.cap.PS]] .char s \s[\\n[.sc.ps]]\Z'S'\h'\\n[.scsh]s'S\s[\\n[.cap.PS]] .char t \s[\\n[.sc.ps]]\Z'T'\h'\\n[.scsh]s'T\s[\\n[.cap.PS]] .char u \s[\\n[.sc.ps]]\Z'U'\h'\\n[.scsh]s'U\s[\\n[.cap.PS]] .char v \s[\\n[.sc.ps]]\Z'V'\h'\\n[.scsh]s'V\s[\\n[.cap.PS]] .char w \s[\\n[.sc.ps]]\Z'W'\h'\\n[.scsh]s'W\s[\\n[.cap.PS]] .char x \s[\\n[.sc.ps]]\Z'X'\h'\\n[.scsh]s'X\s[\\n[.cap.PS]] .char y \s[\\n[.sc.ps]]\Z'Y'\h'\\n[.scsh]s'Y\s[\\n[.cap.PS]] .char z \s[\\n[.sc.ps]]\Z'Z'\h'\\n[.scsh]s'Z\s[\\n[.cap.PS]] .char \(i. \s[\\n[.sc.ps]]\Z'I'\h'\\n[.scsh]s'I\s[\\n[.cap.PS]] .. .de /smallcaps .\"\c .rchar a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z \(i. .rr .sc.ps .rr .cap.PS .rr .scsh .. .smallcaps Here Is An Example Of Smallcaps ./smallcaps .\"###################### Note the over-printing to slightly "fatten" the reduced-size capitals. NB That this is oriented towards PS output! Best wishes to all, Ted. ------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <ted.hard...@wlandres.net> Date: 18-Jan-2015 Time: 12:22:07 This message was sent by XFMail -------------------------------------------------
