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== Small-caps overview == | == Small-caps overview == | ||
Two kinds of text should be marked as small-caps: | Two kinds of text should be marked as small-caps: | ||
1. mixed small-caps, as we see in the sub-heading above; | |||
2. in-line all small-caps, which we will see in later examples. | |||
We do '''not''' mark all-full-height upper-case as small-caps, and "mixed small-caps" means it | We do '''not''' mark all-full-height upper-case as small-caps, and "mixed small-caps" means it | ||
contains at least one letter in each Case. So, there is no such thing as all-lower-case | contains at least one letter in each Case. So, there is no such thing as all-lower-case | ||
small-caps at DP, and a sub-heading that seems to be in all-lower-case small-caps actually | small-caps at DP, and a sub-heading that seems to be in all-lower-case small-caps actually | ||
is in plain all-upper-case (and should | is in plain all-upper-case (and should '''not''' be marked); think of it as being in | ||
"heading case," even though there's no such formal designation. | "heading case," even though there's no such formal designation. | ||
If the Case of proofed text doesn't match the Image, formatters should change it. So, make | If the Case of proofed text doesn't match the Image, formatters should change it. So, make | ||
sure that small-cap "A.M." is formatted as {{LOFE:Tag|sc}}A.M.{{LOFE:Tag|/sc}}, | sure that small-cap "A.M." is formatted as {{LOFE:Tag|sc}}A.M.{{LOFE:Tag|/sc}}, '''''not''''' as {{LOFE:Tag|sc}}a.m.{{LOFE:Tag|/sc}}. | ||
Many books use ordinary "A.M." or "a.m." and those should not be marked at all; just leave | Many books use ordinary "A.M." or "a.m." and those should not be marked at all; just leave | ||
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<sc>The Sources for the Study of Early Roman History</sc>
[blank line] [blank line] The student beginning the study of Roman History through the medium of the works of modern writers cannot fail to note wide differences in the treatment accorded by them to the early centuries
Small-caps overview
Two kinds of text should be marked as small-caps:
1. mixed small-caps, as we see in the sub-heading above;
2. in-line all small-caps, which we will see in later examples.
We do not mark all-full-height upper-case as small-caps, and "mixed small-caps" means it contains at least one letter in each Case. So, there is no such thing as all-lower-case small-caps at DP, and a sub-heading that seems to be in all-lower-case small-caps actually is in plain all-upper-case (and should not be marked); think of it as being in "heading case," even though there's no such formal designation.
If the Case of proofed text doesn't match the Image, formatters should change it. So, make sure that small-cap "A.M." is formatted as <sc>A.M.</sc>, not as <sc>a.m.</sc>.
Many books use ordinary "A.M." or "a.m." and those should not be marked at all; just leave them in their original Case. (Replicate the spacing "A. M." or lack thereof "A.M.") Finally, the punctuation rules for formatting in-line italics also apply to small-caps.