[OS X TeX] Nested \textbf{\textsc{xyz}}

[Holger Frauenrath]

On Feb 14, 2008, at 3:51 AM, Herbert Schulz wrote:

>
> On Feb 13, 2008, at 8:43 PM, Joshua Smith wrote:
>
>>
>>> On Feb 13, 2008, at 12:16 PM, Holger Frauenrath wrote:
>>>
>>>> one of my coworkers needs bold small caps, so he just used a  
>>>> nested \textbf{\textsc{xyz}}. To my surprise, this did not work  
>>>> when Compuer Modern or Latin Modern fonts (package lmodern) are  
>>>> chosen. The characters just show up as small bold letters. The  
>>>> same happens with small caps in section titles. Doing  
>>>> \textsc{\textbf{xyz}} also just gives small bold letters. Using  
>>>> the fourier package (the Utopia fonts), everything works fine.
>>>
>>> Using computer modern you can get a reasonable looking bold small  
>>> cap with usepackage{bold-extra}.
>>> \textsc{\textbf{xyz}} should produced what your coworker is  
>>> seeking, unless there is a need to really magnify the letters.
>>
>> Does the following produce what you desire?
>>
>> \documentclass[10pt]{article}
>> \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
>>
>> \begin{document}
>> \textbf{\textsc{Text in Bold Small Caps}}
>> \end{document}
>>
>> Josh


Hi Josh, hi Herb,

yes, this works. The only difference to my own preamble (where it also  
did not work; my coworker had been using Computer Modern) is that I  
chose the lmodern package. Apparently, the Latin Modern fonts are also  
less complete than CMSuper.

I do not quite remember why, at some point, I chose to switch to Latin  
Modern fonts. Can somebody give me a hint to what are their advantages  
(one of their disadvantages has become obvious)?

Anyways, problem fixed. Thanks for the suggestion and the explanation.
Holger

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