Creating Small Caps on Your Computer
Most programs have a command in the format or font menu to change selected lowercase letters to small caps. If not, type the text in all caps and then reduce the selected letters to about 70 percent of the point size of the rest of the type (this is what the computer shortcut does).
These two methods are okay if you are going to use small caps just once in a while on fairly low-level jobs. But if you are producing fine typography, you really need to invest in a typeface that has specially designed small caps. When you simply reduce the point size of the type (the same thing the computer does when you use a menu command), all the proportions are reduced and the thickness of the strokes of the smaller letters ...
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