Comments on: Small Caps http://ilovetypography.com/2008/02/20/small-caps/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:41:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: gearhed.com » Blog Archive » Selections from Communication Arts Design Annual 49http://ilovetypography.com/2008/02/20/small-caps/#comment-12723 gearhed.com » Blog Archive » Selections from Communication Arts Design Annual 49 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:35:13 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/2008/02/20/small-caps/#comment-12723 [...] the way Alec, your Small Caps article was mentioned by the columnist in particular, as was the [...] […] the way Alec, your Small Caps article was mentioned by the columnist in particular, as was the […]

]]> By: Sunday Type: birthday type | i love typography, the typography and fonts bloghttp://ilovetypography.com/2008/02/20/small-caps/#comment-10155 Sunday Type: birthday type | i love typography, the typography and fonts blog Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:11:39 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/2008/02/20/small-caps/#comment-10155 [...] Small Caps [...] […] Small Caps […]

]]> By: Joehttp://ilovetypography.com/2008/02/20/small-caps/#comment-6664 Joe Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:54:56 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/2008/02/20/small-caps/#comment-6664 I typeset a lot of wedding invitations, and it seems like small caps would be a good choice for invitations.As a beginning designer, I was wondering if some of you experienced designers ever set longer lines of text entirely in small caps, such as all the lines in an invitation.Although I think many times small caps looks better than regular capitals, it seems like it is a pain to access small caps in open type fonts. Is there an easier way to typeset these small caps in open type fonts than double clicking the individual characters in the glyphs palette?This is my first post. great site! I typeset a lot of wedding invitations, and it seems like small caps would be a good choice for invitations.

As a beginning designer, I was wondering if some of you experienced designers ever set longer lines of text entirely in small caps, such as all the lines in an invitation.

Although I think many times small caps looks better than regular capitals, it seems like it is a pain to access small caps in open type fonts. Is there an easier way to typeset these small caps in open type fonts than double clicking the individual characters in the glyphs palette?

This is my first post. great site!

]]> By: Alechttp://ilovetypography.com/2008/02/20/small-caps/#comment-6154 Alec Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:57:23 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/2008/02/20/small-caps/#comment-6154 Hi Ollie. If you have a font with small caps, you can use those small caps in MS Word -- the key is to select the characters to be transformed and actually change the font from, e.g., Minion to Minion Small Caps, instead of just clicking on Word's small caps formatting button and letting it do its "small caps" machinations. Hi Ollie. If you have a font with small caps, you can use those small caps in MS Word — the key is to select the characters to be transformed and actually change the font from, e.g., Minion to Minion Small Caps, instead of just clicking on Word’s small caps formatting button and letting it do its “small caps” machinations.

]]> By: Ollie Joneshttp://ilovetypography.com/2008/02/20/small-caps/#comment-6149 Ollie Jones Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:46:30 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/2008/02/20/small-caps/#comment-6149 Thanks for this fine article. The unbalanced look of small caps generated by typical word-processing programs has always annoyed me, and I'm glad to see a clear explanation of the issue.I could use some advice:I work in a church office, so I crank out a high number of small publications with high-value text in them, using a decent but not fabulous 1200 dpi laser printer. I'm very concerned with legibility; I have some readers who are getting on in years.If I acquire body-text fonts with a full complement of small caps, will my cheesy word processing program (MS Word on Windows) do the right thing with the small caps? Or to do this right would I have to switch to something like Quark Express?Thanks for any wisdom! Thanks for this fine article. The unbalanced look of small caps generated by typical word-processing programs has always annoyed me, and I’m glad to see a clear explanation of the issue.

I could use some advice:

I work in a church office, so I crank out a high number of small publications with high-value text in them, using a decent but not fabulous 1200 dpi laser printer. I’m very concerned with legibility; I have some readers who are getting on in years.

If I acquire body-text fonts with a full complement of small caps, will my cheesy word processing program (MS Word on Windows) do the right thing with the small caps? Or to do this right would I have to switch to something like Quark Express?

Thanks for any wisdom!

]]> By: Jon Tanhttp://ilovetypography.com/2008/02/20/small-caps/#comment-5717 Jon Tan Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:21:25 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/2008/02/20/small-caps/#comment-5717 Thanks Alex! I completely get the pessimism. Even something as simple a looking at the differences in baseline positioning for the same face across browsers and platforms can be frustrating.On <a href="http://jontangerine.com/log/2007/12/what-future-for-web-typography-and-screen-fonts">extending the core web fonts</a> to include variants like small caps and more faces: I'd welcome everyone’s feedback, ideas and help on doing so, and on how to ensure typographers are properly compensated and commissioned in the process. Thanks Alex! I completely get the pessimism. Even something as simple a looking at the differences in baseline positioning for the same face across browsers and platforms can be frustrating.

On extending the core web fonts to include variants like small caps and more faces: I’d welcome everyone’s feedback, ideas and help on doing so, and on how to ensure typographers are properly compensated and commissioned in the process.

]]> By: Alechttp://ilovetypography.com/2008/02/20/small-caps/#comment-5714 Alec Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:49:19 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/2008/02/20/small-caps/#comment-5714 @Jon -- Your articles are excellent (great site, by the way!), and your point is a good one. Sometimes I get overly pessimistic about the web, and it unduly colors my outlook. I'm glad you're out there fighting the good fight! @Jon — Your articles are excellent (great site, by the way!), and your point is a good one. Sometimes I get overly pessimistic about the web, and it unduly colors my outlook. I’m glad you’re out there fighting the good fight!

]]> By: Jon Tanhttp://ilovetypography.com/2008/02/20/small-caps/#comment-5711 Jon Tan Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:35:57 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/2008/02/20/small-caps/#comment-5711 Hi Alec,Your comments on the <a href="http://jontangerine.com/silo/typography/web-fonts/">core web fonts</a> and CSS font-variant property are spot-on. However, whilst <a href="http://jontangerine.com/log/2007/12/an-ode-to-old-style-numerals">lamenting the absence</a> of small-caps and old-style numerals in core web fonts, and wondering <a href="http://jontangerine.com/log/2007/12/what-future-for-web-typography-and-screen-fonts">how we could improve the defaults</a>, I use small caps deliberately and extensively. One of the reasons for doing so—apart from my love of the variant (even faked)—is as a proof of concept.When pushed on features like CSS3 properties, I’ve heard implementors say, “show me an example of how they’re being used so I can see the need.” So, although I agree with your final statement in principal—and definitely in print—on the web we should encourage their use, if only to provide the implementors with the rationale for doing it right.<a href="http://www.ascendercorp.com">Ascender Corp</a> now owning the rights to develop and license further variants (like small caps) for Georgia etc. is a lament for another day. Hi Alec,

Your comments on the core web fonts and CSS font-variant property are spot-on. However, whilst lamenting the absence of small-caps and old-style numerals in core web fonts, and wondering how we could improve the defaults, I use small caps deliberately and extensively. One of the reasons for doing so—apart from my love of the variant (even faked)—is as a proof of concept.

When pushed on features like CSS3 properties, I’ve heard implementors say, “show me an example of how they’re being used so I can see the need.” So, although I agree with your final statement in principal—and definitely in print—on the web we should encourage their use, if only to provide the implementors with the rationale for doing it right.

Ascender Corp now owning the rights to develop and license further variants (like small caps) for Georgia etc. is a lament for another day.

]]> By: For the love of type « Annie’s Webloghttp://ilovetypography.com/2008/02/20/small-caps/#comment-5641 For the love of type « Annie’s Weblog Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:18:16 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/2008/02/20/small-caps/#comment-5641 [...] March 3, 2008 @ 3:18 pm } · { Uncategorized } { } I found a blog dedicated to those who love typography. It may sound a little silly, but type actually brings up lots of issues to blog about.  This one [...] […] March 3, 2008 @ 3:18 pm } · { Uncategorized } { } I found a blog dedicated to those who love typography. It may sound a little silly, but type actually brings up lots of issues to blog about.  This one […]

]]> By: Chloe babyhttp://ilovetypography.com/2008/02/20/small-caps/#comment-5590 Chloe baby Sun, 02 Mar 2008 18:32:37 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/2008/02/20/small-caps/#comment-5590 Very interesting article, thanks. I really like to use small caps, they are so neat and elegant. Very interesting article, thanks. I really like to use small caps, they are so neat and elegant.

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