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Help Using Inkscape => Inkscape Beginners' Questions => Topic started by: StaticCode on May 16, 2018, 05:34:58 PM

Title: Anyway to use Sᴍᴀʟʟ Cᴀᴘs in Inkscape?
Post by: StaticCode on May 16, 2018, 05:34:58 PM

I see an option in the text editor but it's greyed out. I don't see any other way to enable it or type in small caps. Any help?

Title: Re: Anyway to use Sᴍᴀʟʟ Cᴀᴘs in Inkscape?
Post by: Moini on May 17, 2018, 04:26:35 AM

You need to use a font that supports it, and some text selected, then it will not be greyed out.

To find a font that works within your existing font set quickly, try the following:

1. Open the text+font dialog, third tab, unfold all parts
2. Click on the canvas with the text tool, type a letter
3. Click into the font dropdown at the left above the canvas
4. Use the arrow keys to quickly change the fonts
5. Watch the options change in the font variants tab

Title: Re: Anyway to use Sᴍᴀʟʟ Cᴀᴘs in Inkscape?
Post by: Moini on May 17, 2018, 04:30:28 AM

(updated previous post, somehow, the variants dialog didn't reliably update when I did it the way I described it first)

Title: Re: Anyway to use Sᴍᴀʟʟ Cᴀᴘs in Inkscape?
Post by: StaticCode on May 17, 2018, 01:28:05 PM

Quote from: Moini on May 17, 2018, 04:26:35 AM

You need to use a font that supports it, and some text selected, then it will not be greyed out.

To find a font that works within your existing font set quickly, try the following:

1. Open the text+font dialog, third tab, unfold all parts
2. Click on the canvas with the text tool, type a letter
3. Click into the font dropdown at the left above the canvas
4. Use the arrow keys to quickly change the fonts
5. Watch the options change in the font variants tab

Okay thank you! It seems to be working now.