Thread: How widely supported are smallcaps?
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Old 05-31-2020, 09:46 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by Land_Outcast View Post
What it says on the cover, he.
No, really, from what I've investigated (not directly, mind you, but I don't have access to a dozen viewers), the word is small caps aren't widely supported.
But how bad is it?
I've thought I could just [agonized screeching]fake them[/agonized screeching] with {font-size: 70%;} and all caps (I was half-happy upon seeing the numerical values for font-weight, thinking, oh fool, I could at least beef them up, no such luck in EPUBS and most browsers).
When I've wanted real small caps in an ebook, I've ended up by embedding fonts for that purpose. As you've noticed, using font-size just doesn't look right. I've also played with OTF fonts that have multiple glyph support but support for that is close to non-existent in ereaders.
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