Small caps

Small caps

In typography, small capitals (usually abbreviated small caps) are uppercase ("capital") characters set at the same height as surrounding lowercase ("small") letters or text figures. They are used in running text to prevent capitalized words from appearing too large on the page, and as a method of emphasis or distinctiveness for text alongside or instead of italics, or when boldface is inappropriate. For example, they can be used to draw attention to the opening phrase or line of a new section of text, or to provide an additional style in a dictionary entry where many parts must be typographically differentiated.

Typically, the height of a small capital will be one ex, the same height as most lowercase characters in the font; classically, small caps were very slightly taller than x-height.) represents a semi-voiced bilabial plosive. [http://unicode.org/charts/PDF/U1D00.pdf] Other small caps can be found in the Latin Extended Additional range.

References

* Bringhurst, Robert (2004). "The Elements of Typographic Style (version 3.0)." Vancouver: Hartley & Marks. ISBN 0-88179-205-5.

ee also

* All caps
* CamelCase
* Mixed case


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • small caps — small capitals (informal small caps) plural noun Capital letters of the height of lower case • • • Main Entry: ↑small * * * ˌsmall ˈcapitals 7 [small capitals] ( …   Useful english dictionary

  • Small Caps — Small Cap(s) steht für: einen Nebenwert – ein kleines börsennotiertes Unternehmen Wörter, deren Buchstaben aus Kapitälchen bestehen – zum Beispiel Small Caps Diese Seite ist eine …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • small caps — capital cap i*tal (k[a^]p [i^]*tal), n. [Cf. L. capitellum and capitulum, a small head, the head, top, or capital of a column, dim. of caput head; F. chapiteau, OF. capitel. See {chief}, and cf. {cattle}, {chattel}, {chapiter}, {chapter}.] 1.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • small caps — capital cap i*tal (k[a^]p [i^]*tal), n. [Cf. L. capitellum and capitulum, a small head, the head, top, or capital of a column, dim. of caput head; F. chapiteau, OF. capitel. See {chief}, and cf. {cattle}, {chattel}, {chapiter}, {chapter}.] 1.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • small caps — noun Capital letters A, B, C, ... shown in the same form but in small size (typically of the same size as lower case letters). Syn: small capital See Also: upper case, lower case, caps and small caps …   Wiktionary

  • Small Caps — I Small Caps   [ smɔːlkæps, Abkürzung für englisch small capitalization], Bezeichnung für Aktien von mittelständischen Unternehmen traditioneller Branchen mit geringer Marktkapitalisierung, die häufig ein hohes Wachstumspotenzial aufweisen.… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • small caps — sumažintos didžiosios raidės statusas T sritis informatika apibrėžtis ↑Šrifto stilius, kuriame didžiosios raidės sumažintos iki mažųjų raidžių aukščio. Iliustraciją žr. priede. priedas( ai) Grafinis formatas atitikmenys: angl. small capitals;… …   Enciklopedinis kompiuterijos žodynas

  • small caps —   Sono i titolo emessi da imprese quotate in Borsa aventi piccola e media capitalizzazione. Generalmente i titoli delle small caps sono caratterizzati da scarsa liquidità e si possono quindi presentare elevate differenze tra denaro e lettera …   Glossario di economia e finanza

  • caps and small caps — noun Formatting of text that leaves uppercase letters as they are but converts lowercase letters to small caps …   Wiktionary

  • small capitals — (informal small caps) plural noun Capital letters of the height of lower case • • • Main Entry: ↑small * * * ˌsmall ˈcapitals 7 [small capitals] (also …   Useful english dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”