Ralph Corderoy <ra...@inputplus.co.uk> wrote: > 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 “expert” 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?
For OpenType fonts that define such a feature (usually called smcp),
in neatroff (as in Heirloom troff) it can be enabled as follows:
.fp 1 R LinLibertineO \" LinuxLibertine has smcp
.ff R +smcp \" equivalent to Heirloom's .ffeat
Text in small caps.
The attached sample uses LinLibertine.
Ali
smcp.pdf
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