typeface question: no small capped
Hi, I do not get a small capped with the following setup. Can someone explain what I am missing in the definitions. \definetypeface[ieee] [rm] [serif] [times] [default] [encoding=texnansi] \definetypeface[ieee] [ss] [sans] [helvetica] [default] [rscale=0.9,encoding=texnansi] \definetypeface[ieee] [tt] [mono] [courier] [default] [rscale=1.1,encoding=texnansi] \definetypeface[ieee] [mm] [maths] [modern] [default] [encoding=texnansi] \setupbodyfont[ieee,10pt] \setupinterlinespace[line=12pt] \starttext {\sc test} \stoptext Aditya
On Aug 16, 2006, at 8:42 PM, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
Hi, I do not get a small capped with the following setup. Can someone explain what I am missing in the definitions.
I'd be very surprised if the free times font has any small caps. I fyou want them, you'll have to fake 'em (but I would recommend against that, it's really ugly). Thomas
On Wed, 16 Aug 2006, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
On Aug 16, 2006, at 8:42 PM, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
Hi, I do not get a small capped with the following setup. Can someone explain what I am missing in the definitions.
I'd be very surprised if the free times font has any small caps. I fyou want them, you'll have to fake 'em (but I would recommend against that, it's really ugly).
I want to write a conference paper according to IEEE (latex) format, and this involves copying all the bad font choices in IEEEtran.cls (Times text, cm math, ughh...). I need smallcaps only for section titles, so right now I am doing a local switch to latin modern for the section titles. This is what IEEEtran.cls also does. Do you think that faking smallcaps from Times will look better? If so, how can I fake smallcaps? Thanks, Aditya
On Aug 16, 2006, at 11:27 PM, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
I want to write a conference paper according to IEEE (latex) format, and this involves copying all the bad font choices in IEEEtran.cls (Times text, cm math, ughh...). I need smallcaps only for section titles, so right now I am doing a local switch to latin modern for the section titles. This is what IEEEtran.cls also does. Do you think that faking smallcaps from Times will look better? If so, how can I fake smallcaps?
Thanks, Aditya
Faking is already implemented: \kap{foo} (see cont-eni, chapter 5.7). You decide if this is uglier than using latin modern for section titles. I have actually bought a couple of professional fonts, and once you've seen the real McCoy, you'll find the fake ones repulsive. But most people won't even realize, I guess. HTH Thomas
On Thu, 17 Aug 2006, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
On Aug 16, 2006, at 11:27 PM, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
I want to write a conference paper according to IEEE (latex) format, and this involves copying all the bad font choices in IEEEtran.cls (Times text, cm math, ughh...). I need smallcaps only for section titles, so right now I am doing a local switch to latin modern for the section titles. This is what IEEEtran.cls also does. Do you think that faking smallcaps from Times will look better? If so, how can I fake smallcaps?
Thanks, Aditya
Faking is already implemented: \kap{foo} (see cont-eni, chapter 5.7).
Why is there no "true" faking. I mean with \kap (or \cap or \smallcapped, all of which are the same), the faked text does not look like small caps. Compare the output of {\sc Introduction Again} \smallcapped{Introduction Again} Why is there nothing along the lines of the following (unless I missed something in core-fnt.tex) \def\mysmallcapped{\let\processword\domysmallcapped\processwords} \def\domysmallcapped#1{\startdomysmallcapped#1\stopdomysmallcapped} \def\startdomysmallcapped#1#2\stopdomysmallcapped{\cap{#1\cap{#2}}} \mysmallcapped{Introduction Again} I agree that this does not look great, but does look better than using lm small caps with times text.
You decide if this is uglier than using latin modern for section titles. I have actually bought a couple of professional fonts, and once you've seen the real McCoy, you'll find the fake ones repulsive. But most people won't even realize, I guess.
Sad but true. Hopefully the STIX fonts will be released[1] and I will be able to use real small caps with a times like font. Aditya [1] I checked their website and it was updated yesterday. Looks like they will finally make a release :)
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