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diff --git a/doc/expert/pre_font b/doc/expert/pre_font index 5c910c4..d0d8ac3 100644 --- a/doc/expert/pre_font +++ b/doc/expert/pre_font @@ -84,6 +84,29 @@ precise effect depends on the font (see below). There is a default value (@Code {"nosmallcaps"}), so it is not necessary to mention this attribute when giving an initial font. @PP +By default, the size of the small capitals is 0.7 times the size +of full-size capitals. You can change this ratio, for example to +0.8, using +@ID @Code "{ setsmallcaps 0.8 } @Font ..." +This does not itself cause a change to small capitals, but wherever +they are used in the right parameter of @Code "@Font" they will have +size 0.8 times the size that ordinary capitals would have had at +that point. Note that the number following @Code "setsmallcaps" is +a ratio, not a length, so there is no unit of measurement. +@PP +The @@Font symbol also controls a feature added in Version 3.25 +which determines where the row mark is placed in a word. Usually, +as described elsewhere in this document, the row mark passes through +the word at a height of half the height of the letter `x' above the +baseline of the word. However this can be changed so that it passes +through the baseline, or not, like this: +@ID @Code { +"baselinemark @Font ..." +"xheight2mark @Font ..." +} +The default value is {@Code xheight2mark}. It's useful when +words in different font sizes appear side by side on a line. +@PP There are two predefined symbols, @@CurrFamily and @@CurrFace, which respectively return the family and face names of the current font. For example, right now @@CurrFamily is @CurrFamily and @@CurrFace is |