On 07/08/2018 06:47 PM, Gregory Pittman wrote: > 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.
I should have added they're also available in Character Style settings, as Ralf suggests, in the Font Features tab. There you can also set the position of the small caps. Greg
