eworkflow Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 See "SELECTED POEMS" header rendering on this screen grab and notice letters "S" and "P" are rendered too thick for a proper small cap variant. Please advise.t. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangman Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 Hi @eworkflow, For 'effective' small caps you need to use a font that contains 'true-drawn' small caps as designed by the typeface designer or foundry that match the weight, width and spacing of the rest of the characters. Applying small caps via the character panel for a font that doesn't include 'true-drawn' small caps as part of the character set results in 'fake-drawn' small caps being generated which is what you are seeing in your example'... A quick look through the glyph browser will show whether or not the font in question contains 'true-drawn' small caps. Quote Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 Affinity Designer Beta 2.6.0.2861 | Affinity Photo Beta 2.6.0.2861 | Affinity Publisher Beta 2.6.0.2861 MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eworkflow Posted September 13, 2023 Author Share Posted September 13, 2023 Thank you for this simple guide. My typographical limitation showed here but, at least, I rejected the visual result of a faux small cap. Sadly, that's not always the case... Hangman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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