* Lettrine, \sc, and a font without proper small capitals (Modified by Gerben Wierda)
@ 2005-03-18 14:24 Gerben Wierda
2005-03-18 14:43 ` Adam Lindsay
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From: Gerben Wierda @ 2005-03-18 14:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
When I use the Optima font I do not have real small capitals. It seems
\sc does not try to emulate them and also the new \lettrine ignores it.
Is there a way I can still have my SC? Maybe faked by using a smaller
size capitals?
Thanks,
G
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* Re: Lettrine, \sc, and a font without proper small capitals (Modified by Gerben Wierda)
2005-03-18 14:24 Lettrine, \sc, and a font without proper small capitals (Modified by Gerben Wierda) Gerben Wierda
@ 2005-03-18 14:43 ` Adam Lindsay
2005-03-18 15:30 ` Ulrich Dirr
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From: Adam Lindsay @ 2005-03-18 14:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
Hi Gerben,
On 18 Mar 2005, at 14:24, Gerben Wierda wrote:
> When I use the Optima font I do not have real small capitals. It seems
> \sc does not try to emulate them and also the new \lettrine ignores
> it.
You could emulate them with the \kap command. (and its relatives)
I'm not sure what a blown up lettrine of an artificially shrunk glyph
will get you, though.
With a Type1 font, I would point you to the texfont --caps=0.8 option,
but last I checked, pdfTeX didn't handle font scaling/extension. I'd be
eager to know if this was fixed in the latest revisions to pdftex.
> Is there a way I can still have my SC? Maybe faked by using a smaller
> size capitals?
Faking, whether within ConTeXt or within your driver, seems to be the
only option: Small Caps were never designed for Optima, afaik.
adam
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* RE: Lettrine, \sc, and a font without proper small capitals (Modified by Gerben Wierda)
2005-03-18 14:43 ` Adam Lindsay
@ 2005-03-18 15:30 ` Ulrich Dirr
2005-03-18 15:43 ` Adam Lindsay
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From: Ulrich Dirr @ 2005-03-18 15:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
Adam Lindsay wrote:
> Faking, whether within ConTeXt or within your driver, seems to be the
> only option: Small Caps were never designed for Optima, afaik.
But it's in Optima Nova
http://www.linotype.com/58171/optimanovacdformacandpc-compilation.html?PHPS
ESSID=b120c89ddacf24bf95bb7499629b6e70
Best regards,
Ulrich Dirr
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* Re: Lettrine, \sc, and a font without proper small capitals (Modified by Gerben Wierda)
2005-03-18 15:30 ` Ulrich Dirr
@ 2005-03-18 15:43 ` Adam Lindsay
2005-03-18 16:46 ` Hans Hagen
2005-03-18 21:31 ` Gerben Wierda
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From: Adam Lindsay @ 2005-03-18 15:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
On 18 Mar 2005, at 15:30, Ulrich Dirr wrote:
> Adam Lindsay wrote:
>> Faking, whether within ConTeXt or within your driver, seems to be the
>> only option: Small Caps were never designed for Optima, afaik.
>
> But it's in Optima Nova
> http://www.linotype.com/58171/optimanovacdformacandpc-
> compilation.html?PHPS
> ESSID=b120c89ddacf24bf95bb7499629b6e70
>
Many thanks. I suspected it was possible, but didn't find it in a quick
search.
adam
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* Re: Lettrine, \sc, and a font without proper small capitals (Modified by Gerben Wierda)
2005-03-18 15:30 ` Ulrich Dirr
2005-03-18 15:43 ` Adam Lindsay
@ 2005-03-18 16:46 ` Hans Hagen
2005-03-18 21:31 ` Gerben Wierda
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From: Hans Hagen @ 2005-03-18 16:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
Ulrich Dirr wrote:
> Adam Lindsay wrote:
>
>>Faking, whether within ConTeXt or within your driver, seems to be the
>>only option: Small Caps were never designed for Optima, afaik.
>
>
> But it's in Optima Nova
> http://www.linotype.com/58171/optimanovacdformacandpc-compilation.html?PHPS
> ESSID=b120c89ddacf24bf95bb7499629b6e70
ah interesting ... so there are more variants now; i only have the regular and
italic (probably a pre-release then since the rest is in optima classic)
Hans
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* Re: Lettrine, \sc, and a font without proper small capitals (Modified by Gerben Wierda)
2005-03-18 15:30 ` Ulrich Dirr
2005-03-18 15:43 ` Adam Lindsay
2005-03-18 16:46 ` Hans Hagen
@ 2005-03-18 21:31 ` Gerben Wierda
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From: Gerben Wierda @ 2005-03-18 21:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
On 18 Mar 2005, at 16:30, Ulrich Dirr wrote:
> Adam Lindsay wrote:
>> Faking, whether within ConTeXt or within your driver, seems to be the
>> only option: Small Caps were never designed for Optima, afaik.
>
> But it's in Optima Nova
> http://www.linotype.com/58171/optimanovacdformacandpc-
> compilation.html?PHPS
> ESSID=b120c89ddacf24bf95bb7499629b6e70
It is very beautiful, but for €1050 (and not this being my
profession)....
G
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