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From: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
Cc: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: kap: real?
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 08:59:50 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <363971F6.8E5058F1@wxs.nl> (raw)

Frans Goddijn wrote:
> 
> said Hans Hagen  to All:
> 
>  HH> \kap is for pseudo kaps.
>  HH>
>  HH> Use {\sc Frans} for real ones.
> 
> except this would give a strange character instead of the upper caps F
> wouldn't it?

Well, in a decent small caps font, the uppercase are just the normal
uppercase and the lowercase become smaller uppercase. So, if you got a
strange character, your font is wrong.   

> I made a macro saying
> 
> \def\mykap#1{{\sc #1}}
> 
> so I can say \mykap{frans} in true small caps
> 
> ideally I should add a command to the macro ensuring that everything for
> \mykap is in lower caps. I know it's somewhere in a manual...

\unexpanded\def\mykap#1{{\sc\lowercase{#1}}}

Hans

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             reply	other threads:[~1998-10-30  7:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1998-10-30  7:59 Hans Hagen [this message]
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1998-10-30 16:00 Hans Hagen
1998-10-30 13:59 Frans Goddijn
1998-10-30  8:15 Taco Hoekwater
1998-10-29 15:40 Frans Goddijn
1998-10-29 13:52 Hans Hagen
1998-10-29 13:15 Frans Goddijn

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