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Re: imbrications and ---
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Akim Demaille |
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Re: imbrications and --- |
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Fri, 12 Dec 2003 14:36:55 +0100 |
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> smallcaps is what \textsc provides under LaTeX.
> That is what small caps are, yes. You can always get them with @sc, not
> that that will make you happy.
>> I find smallcaps (in text) very intrusive.
> Actually, it's because IMHO they are much less intrusive that I prefer
> them :)
> I 100% agree that full-size capitals, as in your example, are too
> intrusive. No argument there.
> But smallcaps are not the only alternative. There is another tradition
> of typesetting allcaps words one point size smaller. This is my
> preference. I find smallcaps, as I said, *too* small for acronyms that
> might occur many times in running text. Full-size caps are too big.
> One-point-size-smaller caps are, IMHO, just right. Opinions differ.
Sorry, I had not understood there were alternatives. I don't know
these. Do you have samples? Would that implementation make it easier
to cumulate styles? In which case, I'm for it :)
Re: imbrications and ---, Karl Berry, 2003/12/11
Re: imbrications and ---, Karl Berry, 2003/12/12
- Re: imbrications and ---,
Akim Demaille <=
Re: imbrications and ---, Karl Berry, 2003/12/12