On Sun, Feb 16, 2020 at 11:34 AM Hans Hagen <j.ha...@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> On 2/15/2020 10:02 PM, Mikael P. Sundqvist wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 9:50 PM Hans Hagen <j.ha...@xs4all.nl > > <mailto:j.ha...@xs4all.nl>> wrote: > > > > On 2/15/2020 4:34 PM, Mikael P. Sundqvist wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > One can easily enable small caps when using lucida, see the old > mail > > > https://mailman.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2018/090997.html . > > > > > > Could this be added to the type script file? > > > > best use \smallcaps or somethign equivalent > > > Ah, so it was the \sc that was the problem. Thanks! > \sc is more somthing mkii ... when type1 fonts (in an 8 bit universum) > smallcaps and oldstyle and such meant using a different font > > nowadays one can turn them on/off as features and when you need them a > lot you can even define an extra bodyfont variant from them and switch > to that one when needed > > now, when smallcaps and oldstyle etc became features instead of font > properties that didn't mean it always became easier because when > opentype came around there was no 'recipe' or possibility to define what > is default; for instance some fonts default to oldstyle in the sense > that these shapes are in the default slots and you need to turn them off > instead; also one needs to keep in mind that some features are language > / script dependent and fonts differ in what they do default > > summary: see smallcaps as features but always look at what the font > assumes and does by default; be prepared for inconsistencies (after all > this is why we want/need control over what context does with a font) > > Hans > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE > Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands > tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > That is good to know, thank you. While replacing all \sc with \smallcaps in a document I work on, I realized that in a \setuphead I had style={\sca}, What is the correct substitute for that? /Mikael
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