Re: LSR : Changing the font to small caps

[David Kastrup]

Pierre Perol-Schneider <address@hidden> writes:

> 2014-11-30 16:06 GMT+01:00 David Kastrup <address@hidden>:
>> Pierre Perol-Schneider <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>> > BTW: Original code was
>> >
>> > \version "2.14.2"
>> >
>> > shapeSC = \override LyricText #'font-shape = #'caps
>> > shapeNorm = \revert LyricText #'font-shap
>> >
>> > \score {
>> >   <<
>> >     \relative c'' { c4 c4 c8 c8 c8 }
>> >     \context Lyrics \lyricmode {
>> >       what4 is \shapeSC The8 \shapeNorm  Ma -- trix?
>> >     }
>> >   >>
>> >   \layout { raggedright = ##t }
>> > }
>>
>> Maybe one needs a different basic font that has a small caps variant?
>>
> FYI I've found this lonely thread :
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2011-08/msg00349.html

Not really an answer to the question: in the followup showing "small
caps", the whole _font_ selected appears to be a small caps font, so the
question really is whether there is any font for which choosing a
font-shape of caps (rather than upright I guess) will make a difference.

-- 
David Kastrup