* typeface question: no small capped @ 2006-08-16 18:42 Aditya Mahajan 2006-08-16 19:22 ` Thomas A. Schmitz 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Aditya Mahajan @ 2006-08-16 18:42 UTC (permalink / raw) 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: typeface question: no small capped 2006-08-16 18:42 typeface question: no small capped Aditya Mahajan @ 2006-08-16 19:22 ` Thomas A. Schmitz 2006-08-16 21:27 ` Aditya Mahajan 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Thomas A. Schmitz @ 2006-08-16 19:22 UTC (permalink / raw) 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: typeface question: no small capped 2006-08-16 19:22 ` Thomas A. Schmitz @ 2006-08-16 21:27 ` Aditya Mahajan 2006-08-17 5:41 ` Thomas A. Schmitz 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Aditya Mahajan @ 2006-08-16 21:27 UTC (permalink / raw) 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: typeface question: no small capped 2006-08-16 21:27 ` Aditya Mahajan @ 2006-08-17 5:41 ` Thomas A. Schmitz 2006-08-18 4:12 ` Aditya Mahajan 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Thomas A. Schmitz @ 2006-08-17 5:41 UTC (permalink / raw) 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: typeface question: no small capped 2006-08-17 5:41 ` Thomas A. Schmitz @ 2006-08-18 4:12 ` Aditya Mahajan 0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Aditya Mahajan @ 2006-08-18 4:12 UTC (permalink / raw) 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 :) ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
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