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Originally Posted by pdurrant
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* (display software problem) No consistent way to do proper smallcaps
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With the exception of small caps failing when the user overrides the book's design by using a ereader config that ignores the book's CSS, small caps can be done properly in exactly the same way they are done properly in printed books. The one and only way to do proper small caps is to use a well crafted small cap font.
While there are people that will argue otherwise, faking small caps by scaling the regular caps, whether in ebooks or print, is a cheap kluge that results in less than the best appearance as the scaled caps are lighter than either the full size caps or full size lower case. It is true that there is no consistent way to do "cheap and dirty faux" smallcaps, but this tread is about good design.