On May 22, 2007, at 10:24 AM, Charles de Miramon wrote:
In traditional European typography (before the computer), there are no
italic (or bold) small capitals. If you are a purist typographer, you
should not used italic small caps.
The fact is that with the wordprocessor, it became possible to
slant any
letter and slanted small caps and people are getting used of these
slanted
small caps but for typographers they are considered an heresy.
Right.
After all, no one would ever use ``A.D.'' or ``B.C.'' in a title (I
must be imagining _The Moorlands of England and Wales: An
Environmental History 8000 BC to AD 2000_) and no one would ever have
a need to emphasize a time (I said {7:00\textsc{pm} and I meant \emph
{7:00\textsc{pm}}).
In the common teX fonts there are no italic small caps so the only
solution
is to use the trick I've mentionned on the list to create slanted
(fake
italic) small caps. Another solution would be to buy a font with a
small
cap italic variant but I don't think they are many of them.
There're a few and there will be more of course. From a cursory search:
Eldorado Text
PMN Caecilia
Minion (incl. Pro)
Albertan
Garamond Premier Pro
Arno Pro
William
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William Adams
senior graphic designer
Fry Communications
