pcdlibrary Posted February 1, 2021 Author Share Posted February 1, 2021 Thanks for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyTankard Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 On a further note: In OpenType font coding the Small Cap feature (smcp) controls lowercase to small cap variants the Caps to Small Caps feature (c2sc) controls capitals to small cap varaints AND related sorts such as bracket, brace, figures, question, exclam Affinity apps list three small capital options Caps to Small Caps Small Caps All Small Caps How does Affinity see 'All Small Caps' behaving? Currently is does exactly the same as Caps to Small Caps. A font can be coded many ways and I guess the OT spec is a little abstract with regard to small cap sorts. Previously the available terms (looking at other apps here) have only listed Small Caps and All Small Caps. All Small Caps isn't a specific OT feature it is actioned by using smcp and c2sc Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcdlibrary Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 4 hours ago, JeremyTankard said: On a further note: In OpenType font coding the Small Cap feature (smcp) controls lowercase to small cap variants the Caps to Small Caps feature (c2sc) controls capitals to small cap varaints AND related sorts such as bracket, brace, figures, question, exclam Affinity apps list three small capital options Caps to Small Caps Small Caps All Small Caps How does Affinity see 'All Small Caps' behaving? Currently is does exactly the same as Caps to Small Caps. A font can be coded many ways and I guess the OT spec is a little abstract with regard to small cap sorts. Previously the available terms (looking at other apps here) have only listed Small Caps and All Small Caps. All Small Caps isn't a specific OT feature it is actioned by using smcp and c2sc Thanks for expounding on this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenmcd Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 10 hours ago, JeremyTankard said: In OpenType font coding the Small Cap feature (smcp) controls lowercase to small cap variants the Caps to Small Caps feature (c2sc) controls capitals to small cap varaints AND related sorts such as bracket, brace, figures, question, exclam This depends on what the font designer does. Both smcp and c2sc may (and do) include letters, punctuation, currency signs, numbers, etc., etc. There is no set standard. 10 hours ago, JeremyTankard said: How does Affinity see 'All Small Caps' behaving? Currently is does exactly the same as Caps to Small Caps. Since there is no actual OpenType feature of All Small Caps what you are usually seeing is smcp plus c2sc. And again exactly which characters that affects should only be those characters actually substituted in those two OpenType features. Any other characters would be faked small caps. I have recently for the first time seen where the font designer actually made c2sc act like All Small Caps. The designer included substitutions for both uppercase and lowercase in Capitals to Small Cap (c2sc). Rare. First time I have ever seen this. 10 hours ago, JeremyTankard said: How does Affinity see 'All Small Caps' behaving? Currently is does exactly the same as Caps to Small Caps. I am not seeing that. Tested with Times New Roman and it all works as expected. Caps to Small Caps only affects the capital letters. All Small Caps affects both uppercase and lowercase. That could appear differently if the font designer did something like I described above. What font were you testing with? It may act differently in a font which actually does not have any small caps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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