Guidance on how to access small caps? about source-sans HOT 4 CLOSED

David,

The small capitals can be accessed via OpenType features in applications that support OpenType layout. What software are you using for layout? Perhaps I can give you some guidance if you tell me what you are working with.

P

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pauldhunt wrote:

What software are you using for layout? Perhaps I can give you some guidance if you tell me what you are working with.

Thanks for the offer of assistance! I use either LibreOffice on Linux (LO 3.5.4) or Win7 (LO 3.6.3), or Word 2010 on Win7. I'm aware of SIL's Graphite engine which should be in LO.

A bit of documentation on this would be a real help, probably to many. Thanks again!

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David,

It appears that LibreOffice does not currently support OpenType typographic features:

http://ask.libreoffice.org/question/1589/opentype-options/

And I am not sure if Microsoft Office 2010 will either, but you might try following these instructions and see if it gives you options on applying the small capitals feature:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/opentype-options-in-the-font-dialog-box-HA101809106.aspx

OpenType has been around for some time now and many type users are aware of its capabilities. Unfortunately, I do not currently have time to document how to access these features in various applications with which I am not familiar.

Best regards,

Paul

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Thanks for the links -- will follow-up. And as for this one:

I do not currently have time to document how to access these features in various applications with which I am not familiar.

Well, it is "open source" after all. :) If I make headway on this, maybe I could pop some notes in the wiki.

Thanks again.

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