Template:Smallcaps2
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{{Smallcaps2}} will display the lowercase part of your text as a soft format of typographical small caps.
For example: {{smallcaps2|Beware of Dog}} → Beware of Dog.
The template works for most scripts that have casing, with the exception of half of the Greek alphabet (namely the unaccented letters α β γ δ θ λ μ ρ σ (but not ς) φ χ ω). In addition, the accents in Greek ΐ ΰ are badly placed: ΐ ΰ.
This template should be avoided or used sparingly in articles, as the Manual of Style advises that small caps should be avoided and reduced to one of the other title cases or normal case and markup should be kept simple]].
Usage[edit]
Your source text is not altered in the output, only the way it is displayed on the screen: a copy-paste of the text will give the small caps sections in their original form; similarly, an older or non-CSS browser will only display the original text on screen.
- Code
Your Text in 4004 {{Smallcaps2|BCE}}- Displayed
- Your Text in 4004 BCE
- Pasted
- Your Text in 4004 BCE
Because it reduces the font size so that the capital letters marked up with the template are smaller than those of the running text, and makes the lower-case content smaller still, this template should only be used for acronyms or other material which is supposed to be capitalized regardless of style (e.g. Unicode character names). It is not intended for the use of small caps as a general typographic style, such as rendering family names in bibliographies in small caps to distinguish them from given names. For such cases, use {{Smallcaps}}.
Comparison of the case transformation templates[edit]
| Template | Shortcut | Purpose | Example | Output | Copy-pastes as |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{Smallcaps}} | {{sc1}} {{SC}} |
No conversion, small-caps display, mixed case. No font size change (acronyms are unaffected). Common mixed-case heading style (not in Wikipedia). Uses: Rendering publication titles in citation styles that require them in small-caps. |
{{sc1|UNICEF}} and 312 {{sc1|BCE}}
|
UNICEF and 312 BCE Mixed Case |
UNICEF and 312 BCE Mixed Case |
| {{Smallcaps2}} | {{sc2}} | No conversion, small-caps display, mixed case. Slightly reduced font size. This is the conventional display of smallcaps for acronyms/initialisms in modern book typography. Other uses: Unicode character names. |
{{sc2|UNICEF}} and 312 {{sc2|BCE}}
|
UNICEF and 312 BCE Mixed Case |
UNICEF and 312 BCE Mixed Case |
| {{Smallcaps all}} | {{sc}} | Lowercase conversion, small-caps display, all uppercase. The size of lowercase letters. Uses: Stressed syllables (in {{Respell}}); and ???. Warning: Default use will permanently change UPPER- or Mixed-Case data, does not work consistently across different browsers, and is not compatible with named HTML character entities. |
{{sc|UNICEF}} and 312 {{sc|BCE}}
|
Template:Sc and 312 Template:Sc Template:Sc |
unicef and 312 bce mixed case (in many browsers) |
| {{Allcaps}} | {{caps}} | No conversion, all-caps display. The size of uppercase letters. Uses: ???. |
{{caps|UNICEF}} and 312 {{caps|BCE}}
|
Template:Caps and 312 Template:Caps Template:Caps |
UNICEF and 312 BCE Mixed Case |
| {{Nocaps}} | No conversion, all-lowercase display. The size of lowercase letters. Uses: ???. |
{{nocaps|UNICEF}} and 312 {{nocaps|BCE}}
|
Template:Nocaps and 312 Template:Nocaps Template:Nocaps |
UNICEF and 312 BCE Mixed Case |
TemplateData[edit]
TemplateData for Smallcaps2
No description.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | no description | Unknown | optional |
See also[edit]
- {{Smallcaps}}
- {{R from other capitalisation}} – for categorizing BTW:Redirects from titles to article (or other pages) where the redirect is just a different capitalization
- {{Template capitalization}} – ??
- Module:String2
Magic words that rewrite the output (copy-paste will get the text as displayed, not as entered):
{{lc:}}– lower case output of the full text{{uc:}}– upper case output of the full text{{lcfirst:}}– lower case output of the first character only{{ucfirst:}}– upper case output of the first character only