Small Caps

djulian · 04-04-2012, 04:21 PM

So, in the CSS of an HTML, I can add the following:

Quote:

.smcap {font-variant: small-caps;}

And then get small caps if I use:

Quote:

Has anyone had any luck with converting this to a MOBI file?

Jellby · 04-05-2012, 04:52 AM

With Calibre, I believe it works.

The thing is the mobi format does not support smallcaps, so the converter program must transform the above into something like:

Code:

<p><small>TEXT</small></p>

and it gets trickier with mixed uppercase, lowercase, numbers and punctuation.

Doitsu · 04-05-2012, 08:48 AM

Unfortunately, font-variant: small-caps isn't even supported by many ePub readers, but Amazon added font-variant: small-caps support in KF8.

To ensure that older Kindles will display small caps correctly many ebook producers fake small caps by applying different styles to the first letter and the remaining letters of capitalized text.

Peter Hatch came up with a very elegant solution, which you can find on his web site Extraordinary Commons.

04-05-2012, 04:52 AM	#2
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,516 Karma: 18512745 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	With Calibre, I believe it works. The thing is the mobi format does not support smallcaps, so the converter program must transform the above into something like: Code: <p><small>TEXT</small></p> and it gets trickier with mixed uppercase, lowercase, numbers and punctuation.

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04-05-2012, 08:48 AM	#3
Doitsu Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,584 Karma: 22735033 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kindle PW2	Unfortunately, font-variant: small-caps isn't even supported by many ePub readers, but Amazon added font-variant: small-caps support in KF8. To ensure that older Kindles will display small caps correctly many ebook producers fake small caps by applying different styles to the first letter and the remaining letters of capitalized text. Peter Hatch came up with a very elegant solution, which you can find on his web site Extraordinary Commons.

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