Yes, that's true, as I was contemplating a real-world situation of an iOS web app, where depending on device model and iOS version, Copperplate may or may not be system-installed, and using a poor-quality knockoff to avoid a possible problem doesn't seem like a good choice. A media query is probably the best solution, short of forgetting the whole small-caps issue if Copperplate were to be replaced with a secondary choice, and the media query choice would be easier if you could directly query for device and user agen information without having to try to determine that by querying other propertices such as device-width, etc.
At any rate, thanks to Jukka and Philippe for your helpful input. Rick Gordon ------------------ On 6/23/11 at 6:44 AM +0300, Jukka K. Korpela wrote in a message entitled "Re: [css-d] Any Way to Map font-variant or text-transform t": >I guess the OP wants to use specifically Copperplate, not just "a" font with >real small caps. Copperplate isn't a typical small-caps font at all. For >traditional typographic use of small-caps, you would really want to have a >small-caps typeface of a font that you otherwise use. A font that _only_ >exists as small-caps is of limited usefulness. -- ___________________________________________________ RICK GORDON EMERALD VALLEY GRAPHICS AND CONSULTING ___________________________________________________ WWW: http://www.shelterpub.com ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [[email protected]] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
