Library of Formatting Examples:Small Caps/00A
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[blank line] [blank line] [blank line] [blank line] INTRODUCTION[*** This is all upper-case; do not mark it.] [*** This sub-heading is in mixed small caps.] <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 |
Overview
Two kinds of text should be marked as small caps:
- Mixed small caps, as we see in the sub-heading above;
- Inline all small caps, which we will see in later examples.
We do not mark all-full-height uppercase letters 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-lowercase small caps at DP, and a sub-heading that seems to be in all-lowercase small caps actually is in plain all-uppercase (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 proofread 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 inline italics also apply to small caps.