On 07/08/2018 06:34 PM, Bert Driehuis wrote: > Dear Ralf, > >> can someone elicidate me on Scribus' handling of small capitals? I have an >> OTF font with "true" small capitals >> and the character style property dialog offers me: >> - Default Capitals >> - Small Capitals >> - Small Capitals from Capitals >> >> What is what? Wich option do I need to select to get the small caps glyphs >> from the font? >> Furthermore - if I import text in the XTG format, when I markup parts with >> the <H> tag (which >> is supposed to switch on small caps) Scribus gives me what looks like scaled >> down glyphs. > > The "Small Caps" feature in the story editor to the best of my > knowledge still uses "fake" small caps. If you have an OpenType font > with true Small Caps, I would expect that you can select those in the > Text Properties dialog under the Font Features settings group, > available since Scribus 1.5.3. I can't find an OpenType font with true > small caps quickly so I can't test, but I verified I can select Old > Style Numerals or Lining Numerals on fonts that support OpenType > Features. >
I think he's obviously talking about real small caps, since these choices are only available (in Font Features sub tab of Text Properties) for fonts with real small caps. Greg
