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| − | '''<nowiki>{{Smallcaps}}</nowiki>''' will display the lowercase part of your text as a soft format of typographical {{Smallcaps|[[small caps]]}}.<br>For example: <nowiki>{{smallcaps|Beware of Dog}}</nowiki> → {{smallcaps|Beware of Dog}}. | + | '''<nowiki>{{Smallcaps}}</nowiki>''' will display the lowercase part of your text as a soft format of typographical {{Smallcaps|[[w:small caps]]}}.<br>For example: <nowiki>{{smallcaps|Beware of Dog}}</nowiki> → {{smallcaps|Beware of Dog}}. |
| − | This template should be avoided or used sparingly in articles, as the [[MOS:SMALLCAPS|Manual of Style advises]] that small caps should be avoided and reduced to one of the other title cases or normal case and [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Keep markup simple|markup should be kept simple]]. | + | This template should be avoided or used sparingly in articles, as the [[w:MOS:SMALLCAPS|Manual of Style advises]] that small caps should be avoided and reduced to one of the other title cases or normal case and [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Keep markup simple|markup should be kept simple]]. |
===Usage=== | ===Usage=== | ||
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* Use of this template does not generate any automatic categorization. As with most templates, if the argument contains an <tt>=</tt> sign, the sign should be replaced with {{[[Template:=|=]]}}, or the whole argument be prefixed with <tt>1=</tt>. And for wikilinks, you need to use piping. There is a parsing problem with MediaWiki which causes unexpected behavior when a template with one style is used within a template with another style. | * Use of this template does not generate any automatic categorization. As with most templates, if the argument contains an <tt>=</tt> sign, the sign should be replaced with {{[[Template:=|=]]}}, or the whole argument be prefixed with <tt>1=</tt>. And for wikilinks, you need to use piping. There is a parsing problem with MediaWiki which causes unexpected behavior when a template with one style is used within a template with another style. | ||
* There is a problem with [[w:dotted and dotless I|dotted and dotless I]]. <code><nowiki>{{Lang|tr|{{</nowiki>Smallcaps|ı i}}}}</code> gives you {{Lang|tr|{{Smallcaps|ı i}}}}, although the language is set to Turkish. | * There is a problem with [[w:dotted and dotless I|dotted and dotless I]]. <code><nowiki>{{Lang|tr|{{</nowiki>Smallcaps|ı i}}}}</code> gives you {{Lang|tr|{{Smallcaps|ı i}}}}, although the language is set to Turkish. | ||
| − | * Do not use this inside [[w:Wikipedia:Citation templates|citation templates]], or this template's markup will be included in the [[COinS]] metadata. This means that [[w:reference management software|reference management software]] such as [[w:Zotero|Zotero]] will store the markup. For example, if {{tl|smallcaps}} is used to format the surname of ''Bloggs, Joe'' in {{tl|cite journal}}, then Zotero will store the name as <code><nowiki><span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Bloggs</span>, Joe</nowiki></code>. This is incorrect COinS metadata. | + | * Do not use this inside [[w:Wikipedia:Citation templates|citation templates]], or this template's markup will be included in the [[w:COinS]] metadata. This means that [[w:reference management software|reference management software]] such as [[w:Zotero|Zotero]] will store the markup. For example, if {{tl|smallcaps}} is used to format the surname of ''Bloggs, Joe'' in {{tl|cite journal}}, then Zotero will store the name as <code><nowiki><span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Bloggs</span>, Joe</nowiki></code>. This is incorrect COinS metadata. |
==Code examples== | ==Code examples== | ||
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|{{N}}|| <nowiki>[[{{Smallcaps|Mao}} Zedong]]</nowiki> || [[{{Smallcaps|Mao}} Zedong]] | |{{N}}|| <nowiki>[[{{Smallcaps|Mao}} Zedong]]</nowiki> || [[{{Smallcaps|Mao}} Zedong]] | ||
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| − | |{{Y}}|| <nowiki>[[Mao Zedong|{{Smallcaps|Mao}} Zedong]]</nowiki> || [[Mao Zedong|{{Smallcaps|Mao}} Zedong]] | + | |{{Y}}|| <nowiki>[[w:Mao Zedong|{{Smallcaps|Mao}} Zedong]]</nowiki> || [[w:Mao Zedong|{{Smallcaps|Mao}} Zedong]] |
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| − | Note that most of these uses are not sanctioned by the [[WP:Manual of Style]] and should be avoided in article prose. | + | Note that most of these uses are not sanctioned by the [[w:WP:Manual of Style]] and should be avoided in article prose. |
==Technical== | ==Technical== | ||
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* {{[[Template:Fixcaps|Fixcaps]]}} – capitalizes words <nowiki>{{fixcaps|pLAy/tHE/GamE}}</nowiki> → {{fixcaps|pLAy/tHE/GamE}} | * {{[[Template:Fixcaps|Fixcaps]]}} – capitalizes words <nowiki>{{fixcaps|pLAy/tHE/GamE}}</nowiki> → {{fixcaps|pLAy/tHE/GamE}} | ||
| − | [[Help:Magic words#Formatting|Magic words]] that rewrite the output (copy-paste will get the text as displayed): | + | [[w:Help:Magic words#Formatting|Magic words]] that rewrite the output (copy-paste will get the text as displayed): |
* <nowiki>{{</nowiki>lc:}} – lower case output of the full text | * <nowiki>{{</nowiki>lc:}} – lower case output of the full text | ||
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This is a documentation subpage for Template:Smallcaps. It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
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This template uses material from the Wikipedia template Template:Smallcaps/doc, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License (view authors). | Error creating thumbnail: /bin/bash: rsvg-convert: command not found |
{{Smallcaps}} will display the lowercase part of your text as a soft format of typographical w:small caps.
For example: {{smallcaps|Beware of Dog}} → Beware of Dog.
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
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
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{{Smallcaps|Your Text in 4004 BC}} - Displayed
- Your Text in 4004 BC
- Pasted
- Your Text in 4004 BC
This template is therefore intended for the use of caps as a typographic style, such as rendering family names in bibliographies in small caps to distinguish them from given names. It should not be used for acronyms or abbreviations which are supposed to be capitalized regardless of style. For such cases, use {{Smallcaps all}}.
Notes
- Diacritics (å, ç, é, ğ, ı, ñ, ø, ş, ü, etc.) are handled. However, because the job is performed by each reader's browser, inconsistencies in CSS implementations can lead to some browsers not converting certain rare diacritics.
- Use of this template does not generate any automatic categorization. As with most templates, if the argument contains an = sign, the sign should be replaced with {{=}}, or the whole argument be prefixed with 1=. And for wikilinks, you need to use piping. There is a parsing problem with MediaWiki which causes unexpected behavior when a template with one style is used within a template with another style.
- There is a problem with dotted and dotless I.
{{Lang|tr|{{Smallcaps|ı i}}}}gives you tr, although the language is set to Turkish. - Do not use this inside citation templates, or this template's markup will be included in the w:COinS metadata. This means that reference management software such as Zotero will store the markup. For example, if {{smallcaps}} is used to format the surname of Bloggs, Joe in {{cite journal}}, then Zotero will store the name as
<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Bloggs</span>, Joe. This is incorrect COinS metadata.
Code examples
| Code | Display (screen) | |
|---|---|---|
| Template:Y | {{Smallcaps|The ''Name'' of the 2nd Game}} | The Name of the 2nd Game |
| Template:Y | Leonardo {{Smallcaps|DiCaprio}} (born 1974) | Leonardo DiCaprio (born 1974) |
| Template:Y | José {{Smallcaps|Álvarez de Toledo y Gonzaga}} | José Álvarez de Toledo y Gonzaga |
| Template:Y | {{Smallcaps|Nesbø, Vågen, Louÿs, Zúñiga, Kabaağaçlı}} | Nesbø, Vågen, Louÿs, Zúñiga, Kabaağaçlı |
| When your text uses an = sign: | ||
| Template:N | {{Smallcaps|You and Me = Us}} | {{{1}}} |
| Template:Y | {{Smallcaps|You and Me = Us}} | You and Me = Us |
| Template:Y | {{Smallcaps|You and Me {{=}} Us}} | You and Me = Us |
| Template:Y | {{Smallcaps|1=You and Me = Us}} | You and Me = Us |
| When your text uses a template: | ||
| Template:N | in {{Smallcaps|Fiddler's {{Green{{!}}Green}}}} forever | Green}} forever |
| Template:Y | in {{Smallcaps|1=Fiddler's {{Green|Green}}}} forever | in Fiddler's Template:Green forever |
| Template:Y | in {{Smallcaps|Fiddler's {{Green|Green}}}} forever | in Fiddler's Template:Green forever |
| Template:Y | {{Green|1=in {{Smallcaps|Fiddler's Green}} forever}} | Template:Green |
| Template:Y | {{Colors|green|yellow|3=in {{Smallcaps|Fiddler's Green}} forever}} | Template:Colors |
| When your text uses a | pipe: | ||
| Template:N | {{Smallcaps|Before|afteR}} | Before |
| Template:N | {{Smallcaps|1=Before{{!}}afteR}} | afteR |
| Template:Y | {{Smallcaps|Before|afteR}} | Before|afteR |
| When your text uses a link: | ||
| Template:N | [[{{Smallcaps|Mao}} Zedong]] | [[Mao Zedong]] |
| Template:Y | [[w:Mao Zedong|{{Smallcaps|Mao}} Zedong]] | Mao Zedong |
Note that most of these uses are not sanctioned by the w:WP:Manual of Style and should be avoided in article prose.
Technical
Technically, the template merely wraps the standard:
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<span style="font-variant:small-caps;"> ... </span>
(The "font-variant:small-caps;text-transform:lowercase" has not been used because it does not work at least in Internet Explorer 5 and 6, which are still fairly common browsers.)
Suppressing small caps
If you wish to suppress the display of small caps in your browser, as a logged in user, you can make an edit to your common.css reading
span.smallcaps { font-variant: normal !important; }
See also
Templates that change the display (copy-paste will get the original text):
- {{Allcaps}} – upper-case display
- {{Nocaps}} – lower-case display
- {{Smallcaps}} – small-caps display
- {{Smallcaps all}} – hard-formatted small-caps display
- {{Fixcaps}} – capitalizes words {{fixcaps|pLAy/tHE/GamE}} → Template:Fixcaps
Magic words that rewrite the output (copy-paste will get the text as displayed):
- {{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
