我刚刚在 PTX Print 和 LibreOffice Writer 中测试了多种字体。Writer 在我测试的每种字体中都能显示小型大写字母。维基百科说大多数文字处理器默认忽略“真正的小型大写字母”字形，而是通过缩小普通大写字母字形来模拟。我猜测 PTXprint 没有包含这种用于小型大写字母的“模拟”技术。
在我的 PTXPrint 中，Andika New Basic 和 Gentium Basic 不产生小型大写字母，但 Andika 和 Gentium Plus 可以。Charis SIL 和 Charis SIL Compact 也都“可以”用于小型大写字母。
如果 Charis 的小型大写字母在 PTXPrint 中对你来说不“工作”，我想知道你是否需要更新你的 PTX Print 版本或 Charis SIL 字体版本，或者两者都需要？人们很容易忘记大多数 SIL 软件项目都会定期更新和改进。
我强烈怀疑 Tahoma 不包含小型大写字母。请查看 Microsoft 关于 Tahoma 的规格，并与 Calibri 进行比较，参见 docs.microsoft .com/en-us/typography/font-list
维基百科上有一个有趣的讨论，如果你感兴趣的话：在那里搜索“small caps”。
最后，如果你想要一种看起来不错的无衬线字体，你可以试试 Andika。Andika 是作为扫盲字体开发的，因此默认使用“primer a and g”。但你可以将这些字形更改为 Paratext、PTXPrint、InDesign 和 LibreOffice 中的“普通”非扫盲变体。在 PTXPrint 的 Fonts+Script 选项卡中，点击正文文本字体。选择 Andika。然后勾选 Graphite Rendering，并点击对话框底部的 Select Features 按钮。对于 Andika 及其变体，功能“Literacy Alternates”默认是开启的。取消勾选它，并在 Select Features 对话框中点击 OK。现在你应该会在 Select Features 按钮旁边看到“litr-0”。正如截图中所示，我们还使用了 Eng 和 Glottal 变体。
I just tested a number of fonts in PTX Print and in LibreOffice Writer. Writer displays small caps in every font I tested. Wikipedia says most word processors ignore “true small caps” glyphs by default, instead they fake them by scaling down normal capital glyphs under the hood. I’m guessing PTXprint does not include this “fake” technique for small caps.
In my PTXPrint Andika New Basic and Gentium Basic do not produce small caps, but Andika and Gentium Plus do. Charis SIL and Charis SIL Compact also both “work” for small caps.
If small caps in Charis does not “work” for you in PTXPrint, I wonder if you might need to update either your PTX Print version or your Charis SIL font version, or maybe both? It’s easy to forget that most SIL software items are regularly updated and improved.
I strongly suspect that Tahoma does not include small caps. Check out Microsoft’s specs for Tahoma, compared with Calibri at docs.microsoft .com/en-us/typography/font-list
Interesting discussion on Wikipedia, if you are interested: Search for “small caps” there.
Finally, if you want a Sans font that looks good you might try Andika. Andika was developed as a literacy font so it defaults to “primer a and g.” But you can change these glyphs in Paratext, PTXPrint, InDesign & LibreOffice to the “normal” non-literacy variants. In the PTXPrint Fonts+Script tab click on the Body Text font. Choose Andika. Then tick Graphite Rendering and click the Select Features button at the bottom of the dialog. For Andika and its variations the feature, “Literacy Alternates” is ON by default. Untick it and click OK in the Select Features dialog. You should now see “litr-0” next to the Select Features button. We use Eng and Glottal variants as well, as you can see in the screenshot.
机器翻译自 English
