I just tried it with mine. Selecting "small caps" turns *lower case* letters
into small upper case letters. It does *not* change upper case letters into
smaller upper case letters.
This is normal behavior with LO (and other word processors). The program
takes your typed lower case letters and turns them into shrunken upper case
letters. Those of us who are OCD about typography are put off by this
manufactured imitation of true small caps. With the "fake" small caps, the
stroke weight is noticeably lighter and the letter spacing noticeably
tighter than with true small caps.
Some fonts (such as Linux Libertine G) come with "true" small caps, in which
the stroke weight will remain consistent with other letters and the letter
spacing will be preserved. Other OpenType fonts have true small caps, but
most programs (like LO) can't access them. They can be accessed by such
programs as LaTeX/XeTeX and Adobe InDesign.
Probably much more than you wanted by way of response, but I do *love*
typography.
Virgil
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Subject: [libreoffice-users] font liberation sans narrow, small capitals
Readers,
If a document font style is set to 'liberation sans narrow' and the
font effect 'small capitals' is applied (e.g. 'ABC'), there is no
visible change. It appears that the style of the font is capitals in a
smaller height, in which case this font effect is not necessary. Or,
the font effect cannot be applied to this style.
Opinions please, others?
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