Other times, small caps are included in the main font file as an OpenType feature (named smcp). I guess the challenge for the rest of us is clear: Find or invent a use for small caps X, and lobby to get it added to Unicode.Īrticles on this blog have not been fact-checked, and probably have some errors. When you want small caps, you format the text with the small-cap font. Also, the attribute can be included in a Paragraph or a Character Style preferred method or you can go to Word> Preferences> Ribbon & Toolbar - Commands Not in the Ribbon to add a button to the Quick Access. Additionally, the more convenient built-in keyboard shortcut is Command+Shift+K. I also recognize that English isn’t the only language. You should find a check box there for Small Caps. (I recognize that in most cases you can simply use a lowercase X as a surrogate. Did you type a line of text and then realize that it should have been capitalized differently Instead of typing the line again, you can quickly and easily change the case of any text in Word. A normal person might not be able to resist the temptation to add small caps X to Unicode, just for consistency.
Why? I guess the Unicode powers that be haven’t found anyone using a small caps X for any special purpose. If you’re keeping score, that’s 25 letters. The upcoming Unicode 11.0 (2018?) is expected to add another: U+A7AF LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL Q Unicode 5.1 (2008) added 2 more: U+A730 LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL F (ꜰ) Unicode 4.0 (2003) added 14 more: U+1D00 LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL A (ᴀ) 1991) had special codes for 8 of them: U+0299 LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL B (ʙ) You can also vote it, the higher votes, the more attention the related team will pay on. Additionally, other member has already submit requirement for this feature in this UserVoice.
Of the 26 Latin letters used in English, the original Unicode (ca. A workaround for this requirement is that you can apply Small Caps to text first on Word desktop and then copy-paste it to the Word for the web. For this reason, they’ve been assigned their own codes in Unicode.
#How do you do small caps in word code
Small caps is really just a text display style, and as such it should be outside the scope of Unicode.īut what if you want to Bᴇ Cᴏᴏʟ and use small caps in a post on an internet forum that supports Unicode, but not small caps styling? You could do that if Unicode had a special code for every small caps letter.įortunately for you, many small capital letters are used for special purposes, such as in mathematics or linguistics.
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