For (OpenType) fonts that don’t have native smallcaps, like IBM Plex, I used to get fake smallcaps with \sc. This still worked in 2024-12. Now it doesn’t, and \setsmallcaps or any of the other options that activate the scaps feature also don’t work, which makes sense. https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Pseudo_Small_Caps looks very MkII. Is there a solution? Hraban
Am 12.06.2025 um 20:37 schrieb Henning Hraban Ramm:
For (OpenType) fonts that don’t have native smallcaps, like IBM Plex, I used to get fake smallcaps with \sc.
This still worked in 2024-12. Now it doesn’t, and \setsmallcaps or any of the other options that activate the scaps feature also don’t work, which makes sense.
https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Pseudo_Small_Caps looks very MkII.
Is there a solution?
\setupbodyfont[pagella] \starttext \pseudosmallcapped{This is a Test!} \pseudoSmallcapped{This is a Test!} \pseudoSmallCapped{This is a Test!} \blank % \setupcapitals[sc=no]% default setting! \smallcapped{This is a Test!} \Smallcapped{This is a Test!} \SmallCapped{This is a Test!} \blank \setupcapitals[sc=yes] \smallcapped{This is a Test!} \Smallcapped{This is a Test!} \SmallCapped{This is a Test!} \stoptext Wolfgang
On 6/12/2025 8:37 PM, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
For (OpenType) fonts that don’t have native smallcaps, like IBM Plex, I used to get fake smallcaps with \sc.
This still worked in 2024-12. Now it doesn’t, and \setsmallcaps or any of the other options that activate the scaps feature also don’t work, which makes sense.
https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Pseudo_Small_Caps looks very MkII.
indeed, as in those 8 bit times there were special small caps fonts while now we have it as font feature but not in all fonts.
Is there a solution?
\cap look a bit for charactercasing (\Word etc also sit in that category). 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------
Am 12.06.25 um 21:41 schrieb Hans Hagen:
On 6/12/2025 8:37 PM, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
For (OpenType) fonts that don’t have native smallcaps, like IBM Plex, I used to get fake smallcaps with \sc.
This still worked in 2024-12. Now it doesn’t, and \setsmallcaps or any of the other options that activate the scaps feature also don’t work, which makes sense.
https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Pseudo_Small_Caps looks very MkII.
indeed, as in those 8 bit times there were special small caps fonts while now we have it as font feature but not in all fonts.
Is there a solution?
\cap
look a bit for charactercasing (\Word etc also sit in that category).
Thank you (also Wolfgang)! Both solutions work (of course). The old mechanism worked differently – I had to lowercase (\word) everything, and the resulting fake scaps were a bit wider. But I don’t cling to that. Hraban
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