Dear lilypond users, developers,
There is currently three different commands for small caps
(small capitals, to use inside a text markup) :
\caps , \fontCaps and \smallCaps .
If I understand correctly :
1. \smallCaps is a command to make "FAKE" small capitals (by
transforming lowercases to smaller-than-normal-fontsize uppercases).
It does not support accented characters.
2. \fontCaps is for "REAL" small capitals, provided by the font.
The font has to support the "caps" font-shape. I'm not an expert in
fonts but is there an "official" way to support this "caps" font-shape?
I have read that usually these "small caps" characters of the font are
usually "stored" in a special "font-related" group of characters in the
Unicode characters table.
But is it only "implicit, advised conventions" or is it "official"?
3. \caps is simply a copy of the \smallCaps command.
Could we simplify that and use only ONE SAME COMMAND for small caps?
For example change the \smallCaps command so that it behaves like:
IF ("real" caps are available with the selected font)
THEN use what we call currently \fontCaps
ELSE
use "fake" small caps (what we call currently \smallCaps )
Is it possible to check real small caps are available within the font?
What do you think about that?
Cheers,
Xavier
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Xavier Scheuer <x.sche...@gmail.com>
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