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?