Charles wrote:
URL: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.editors.lyx.general/38743
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> Normally, in English typography, acronyms are set in upper case. But
> rules are made to be bent and the invention of computer typography
> gave new possibilities and wordprocessor gave bad habits to writers
> and r
I am also a fan of this book. For some perspective, here's a review by
William Berkson, a prominent contributor to Typophile.com.
I think it's important to keep in mind while discussing italic small caps.
*Reviewd by William Berkson:*
Few books deserve the name 'great', but this is one. The a
If you want to improve your typography : The Elements of
Typographic Style
of Robert Bringhurst is a nice book.
Cheers,
Charles
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http://www.kde-france.org
I second that advice: read Bringhurst.
Bruce
Sam Lewis wrote:
> On Tue, 22 May 2007 14:24:35 GMT
> Charles de Miramon wrote:
>
>> URL: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.editors.lyx.general/38724
>> In traditional European typography (before the computer), there are
>> no italic (or bold) small capitals. If you are a purist typographer,
>> yo
On Tue, 22 May 2007 14:24:35 GMT
Charles de Miramon wrote:
> URL: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.editors.lyx.general/38724
> 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 sma
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
Sam Lewis wrote:
> I'm interested what are other peoples experience generally in terms of
> Open Type and more specifically with small caps italic. What's
> happening Font wise on the German side for example?
In traditional European typography (before the computer), there are no
italic (or bold)
On Mon, 21 May 2007 22:13:16 GMT
Steve Litt wrote:
> URL: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.editors.lyx.general/38713
> I'm pretty sure you can do this: Create an environment that makes its
> paragraph italic. Then create a character style that puts its
> characters in smallcaps. Apply the environe
