Posted this on the /r/tex subreddit and it was recommended I post it here:
When I run XeLaTeX from TeX Live 2023 on my Mac, it does not allow me to access the small caps (smcp feature) in the Baskerville or Hoefler Text fonts. I know these fonts contain small caps, because I can access the smcp feature in them when using Libre Office. I know Libre Office isn’t simply faking it and using a smaller point size to get small caps because a) that’s not how the text appears (the small caps sure look like proper small caps to me), b) it doesn’t do this for all fonts.
It’s not all Open Type fonts that XeTeX has problems with, either. It can use the small caps in Shinntype’s Scotch Modern just fine.
I’ve done some web searches about this and so far came up dry. Was wondering if anyone else had noticed it or has a workaround.
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