An open question.
There is something that may be (or not?) related to OpenType. Long time ago (several years) I had been advised to find a workaround instead of using the font-variant property with this value. For example:
Code:
p.small {
font-variant: small-caps;
}
I had been told this property is unsupported by many readers and that induced me to embed a specific small-caps font, which in fact doubles a feature already built in Linux Libertine (the main embedded font).
If I understand well, this above CSS value should be used only if the -embedded or recommended- font is able to display small-caps characters. Then the display is made using a process which evokes the one used for ligatures (though this time we use a specific CSS value). Even then, as for OpenType features, some defective renderers may fail to implement this and display normal characters instead of small-caps.
Is this correct?