IEEETran

[Christina Thiele]

Robin Fairbairns writes:
>
> christina thiele writes:
> > ...
> >
> > If authors _are_ being asked to prepare camera copy, then they should
> > not be asked to purchase a font in order to be published ;-))
>
> no-one (except y&y tex) is suggesting that a new font should be bought.
> almost every other tex system would respond to the absence of a
> small-caps font by using a faked version.  one could write a macro that

I didn't know that!

> does the faking (i.e., produces lower-case letters as small capital
> letters), but the normal thing is to use a virtual font.
>
> it's that last that most free tex system users would expect, including
> mike shell, the author of ieeetran.

Ah. Well, if Mike's listening, I apologise -- didn't mean to cast a
slur :-)

> > It's quite possible that a style was set up with CM in mind, where \sc
> > is standard and normal. But it is NOT the case with commercial fonts
> > -- you've gotta buy the neat bits ;-(
>
> the ieeetran class was (iirc) set up with times in mind.
>
> the macro isn't impossibly difficult, just fiddly -- i'll see if i can
> get one hammered out in the next few days.  however, you should be aware

Once done, it sounds like something that should be put up on the
website, as a new FAQ.

> that i'm unlikely to be able to post the results of my efforts this week
> (since i shall be away from home)
>
> r
>

Ch.