Re: \caps with Umlaut

[Shane Brandes]

While I use Frescobaldi, I was speaking as someone that has built a
few score of fonts for sale, knowing there is often a larger gap
between what is possible and what was likely done.

On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 7:06 PM, Mark Stephen Mrotek
<address@hidden> wrote:
> Shane,
>
> If you are using Frescobaldi, you could not use \caps and access the special 
> characters.
>
> Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lilypond-user [mailto:address@hidden On Behalf Of Shane Brandes
> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2016 2:53 PM
> To: Jonathan Scholbach <address@hidden>
> Cc: LilyPond User Group <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re: \caps with Umlaut
>
> Small caps are a subset of a font, it is pretty rare to have small caps 
> worked out beyond the standard 26. This because they did not exist in Unicode 
> as a defined glyph. Unicode is still only has 24 small caps defined. Your 
> best bet is to try the Bold smaller size trick and see if that works.
>
> Shane Brandes
>
> On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 5:01 PM, Jonathan Scholbach <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Dear ponders,
>>
>> I am using \caps in a \markup which prints the name of the composer.
>> After having set a couple of pieces today it's the first time the
>> composer's name contains an umlaut (in this case an ä). And that was
>> when I found out, that \caps, as well as \smallCaps, "does not support
>> accented character" (quoted from
>> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/font) - the ä -
>> is printed as a lowercase letter.
>>
>> The ME is:
>>
>> \version "2.19.22"
>>
>> \markup{ \caps Bartholomäus }
>>
>> How can I solve this problem? I mean, how can I achieve that \caps
>> works properly with umlauts and uses the uppercase umlaut?
>>
>> Your advice is very much appreciated,
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
>>
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