Many thanks. From font-pre.mkiv: \definealternativestyle [\v!smallcaps] [\setsmallcaps] [\setsmallcaps] : \unexpanded\def\setsmallcaps{\doaddfeature{f:smallcaps}} So on the wiki we should say that \sc is a deprecated/legacy command that no longer makes sense in an opentype-features world. New users should no longer use it. Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 On Aug 19, 2023, 9:26 AM -0600, Wolfgang Schuster , wrote: ** Caution: EXTERNAL Sender ** Hamid,Idris schrieb am 19.08.2023 um 16:03: Dear gang, Consider the following typescript template: \definefontfeature [myfont-tf-sc] [mode=node,script=latn,language=dflt,trep=no, protrusion=quality,expansion=quality, compose=yes,combine=yes,tlig=yes, kern=yes,liga=yes,onum=yes,cpsp=yes,smcp=yes, % smcp activie trnsl=force] % synonym mapping \starttypescript [serif] [myfont] [name] \loadfontgoodies[myfontlfg] \definefontsynonym [Serif] [MyFontRegular] [features=myfont-tf] \definefontsynonym [SerifItalic] [MyFontItalic] [features=myfont-it] \definefontsynonym [SerifBold] [MyFontBold] [features=myfont-tf] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldItalic] [MyFontBoldItalic] [features=myfont-it] \definefontsynonym [SerifCaps] [MyFontRegular] [features=myfont-tf-sc] \definefontsynonym [SerifCapsItalic] [MyFontItalic] [features=myfont-it-sc] \definefontsynonym [SerifCapsBold] [MyFontBold] [features=myfont-tf-sc] \definefontsynonym [SerifCapsBoldItalic] [MyFontBoldItalic] [features=myfont-it-sc] \stoptypescript % font mapping \starttypescript [serif] [myfont] \loadfontgoodies[myfontlfg] \definefontsynonym [MyFontRegular] [file:MyFont-Regular] % [features=myfont-tf] \definefontsynonym [MyFontItalic] [file:MyFont-It] % [features=myfont-it] \definefontsynonym [MyFontBold] [file:MyFont-Bold] % [features=myfont-tf] \definefontsynonym [MyFontBoldItalic] [file:MyFont-BoldIt] % [features=myfont-it] \stoptypescript As is well known, \sc selects the small caps only from the Serif font, not from SerifBold etc. But MyFont has smallcaps for every style. So in the typescript we make that explicit and apply the smcp=yes fontfeature to SerifCapsBold etc. But this does not work: \sc still only applies to Serif or SerifCaps. Now I can load a goodies file myfontlfg and do something like this: local smallcaps = { smcp = yes, } But that does not change the behavior of \sc. Yes, there is an easy workaround: \definefontfeature[smallcaps][smcp=yes] \define\sc{\addff{smallcaps}} This works for all styles that have the smcp feature, but I don't like having to redefine a system command. So the questions are: 1) Is there a recommended\better way to get \sc to work across all styles? \setupbodyfont[pagella] \starttext \tf Upright, \it Italic, \bf Bold and \bi Bolditalic \style[style=smallcaps]{\tf Upright, \it Italic, \bf Bold and \bi Bolditalic} \tf Upright, \it Italic, \bf Bold and \bi Bolditalic \setsmallcaps\tf Upright, \it Italic, \bf Bold and \bi Bolditalic \stoptext

On Aug 19, 2023, 1:01 PM -0600, Wolfgang Schuster , wrote: ** Caution: EXTERNAL Sender ** Hamid,Idris schrieb am 19.08.2023 um 20:36: Many thanks. From font-pre.mkiv: \definealternativestyle [\v!smallcaps] [\setsmallcaps] [\setsmallcaps] : \unexpanded\def\setsmallcaps{\doaddfeature{f:smallcaps}} So on the wiki we should say that \sc is a deprecated/legacy command that no longer makes sense in an opentype-features world. New users should no longer use it. It depends on the font, e.g. Latin Modern still requires \sc because it provides a separate file for smallcaps but no smcp feature. ConTeXt has a command which can be used to check whether the current active font provides the smcp feature but the recommended way is to choose a font which supports to method (\sc or \setsmallcaps) which is used in the document. Ah, yes (and a similar point can be made about slanted/oblique (\sl). Many thanks for the clarification. Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523