Conference vaxuum::document_ft

332.0. "small italic caps?" by REGENT::MURPHY () Fri May 01 1987 16:15

I write for the PrintServer 40 project, so all of my manuals use 
small caps. (The trademarked names for PrintServer 40 and PostScript 
use small caps.)

In the pre-field test version of DOCUMENT, I defined symbols for PostScript 
and PrintServer 40 that used the internal <_smallcaps> tag.  For the field 
test version, this method has been superseded by the <EMPHASIS>(\SMALLCAPS) 
and <EMPHASIS>(\SMALL_BOLDCAPS) tags.  These work really well for both LN03 
and PostScript output.  The only problem is that you can no longer define 
a single symbol and use it for both text and headings.  For example, I 
defined a symbol for PostScript as follows:

<DEFINE_SYMBOL>(POSTSCRIPT\P<EMPHASIS>(ost\SMALLCAPS)S<EMPHASIS>(cript-
                                                                    \SMALLCAPS))

If I use this symbol in a heading, I get bold cap P and S and regular weight 
small caps for the rest.  To get the heading to come out all bold, I have 
to define a second symbol that uses <EMPHASIS>(\SMALL_BOLDCAPS) and use that.  
This is a minor problem, I admit.  However, it is related to another problem: 
There is no way to specify italicized small caps.  

For the book title PostScript Language Reference Manual, I tried using 
<REFERENCE>(postscript) with <DEFINE_BOOK_NAME> and with <EMPHASIS>.
Neither gave me small italic caps.  

I would like to see a \SMALL_ITALIC_CAPS argument to <EMPHASIS> to go with 
\SMALLCAPS and \SMALL_BOLDCAPS, or I would like \SMALLCAPS to be sensitive 
to the heading, text, etc. context in which it's used.

Kathy