Small Caps and mixed acronyms

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2 total messages Started by listas Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:27

#1651

Author: listas
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:27

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I use small caps consistently for acronyms like USA, XML or PDF. But I get somewhat confused about how to apply small caps to ones like MySQL, PostgreSQL or GBOEx. What are the solutions you use to these situations?

Re: Small Caps and mixed acronyms

#1654

Author: Don_McCahill
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 13:51

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I think it is a matter of appearance. If the small caps can lead to confusion, then stay full caps. The prime example is US when used instead of USA. In small caps it can look like us, causing confusion.

You would want to do tests in the font to make sure the small caps are clear, and then make the decision.

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