smithda@cpsvax.cps.msu.edu (J. Daniel Smith) (04/05/89)
Does anyone have a set of rules about when something should be set in "small-caps"? As I was reading through _Time_ this week, I noticed small caps being used several times. However, I couldn't figure out the method to their madness, because they didn't set every word that was in all capital letters in small-caps. Any pointers? Good references on the subject? Thanks. Dan ========================================================================= J. Daniel Smith Internet: smithda@cpsvax.cps.msu.edu Michigan State University BITNET: smithdan@msuegr In language, clarity is everything. - Confucius =========================================================================
weaver@spdcc.COM (Read Weaver) (04/07/89)
In article <2370@cps3xx.UUCP> smithda@cpsvax.cps.msu.edu (J. Daniel Smith) writes: >Does anyone have a set of rules about when something should be set in >"small-caps"? As I was reading through _Time_ this week, I noticed >small caps being used several times. However, I couldn't figure out >the method to their madness, because they didn't set every word that >was in all capital letters in small-caps. Any pointers? Good >references on the subject? Chicago Manual of Style uses small caps for almost nothing. (A.M., A.D., B.C.E.). The _New Yorker_ uses small caps for acronyms that are said as words (CORE) but full caps for acronyms that are said as letters (HHS). I dislike full caps in text because they jump out, and so pretty universally make things small caps. (I'm not alone in this, but can't give a reference.)