Tadziu --
On Mon, Jan 19, 2015, Tadziu Hoffmann wrote:
>
> > I'm fond of smallcaps, but I don't like the faked version,
> > not even the OpenType smallcaps. Whenever possible, I
> > always advise getting a designer-cut smallcaps font.
>
> I don't understand. Aren't the small caps of OpenType fonts
> that support this feature supposed to be real, designer-cut
> small caps? Like those in the "expert" sets of traditional
> Type-1 fonts, but additionally with matching punctuation etc.?
I think you are right. My confusion comes from statements like this:
InDesign:
Small Caps: This command, which can be accessed from the Character
panel, will convert only the lowercase in selected text to small
caps – either to true-drawn versions that are available with some
OpenType fonts, or to fake, scaled-down ones for fonts that don't
have the real thing.
[fonts.com]
This is actually a statement about how InDesign handles small
caps, not a statement about OpenType small caps management. A tad
misleading. Thanks for pointing out my error.
Which raises the point, does anyone know of a way to extract just
the small caps from an OpenType font that has them?
--
Peter Schaffter
http://www.schaffter.ca
