Ineffective when used in a mass
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two sizes smaller than that of the text type. If set in the small capitals of the text letter or larger, the page will have a coarse, job-like appearance.
FORMS OF LETTERS PHENICIAN LETTERS, AND THEIR DERIVATIVES—PELASGIC LETTERS, AND THEIR DERIVATIVES—ROMAN LETTERS, AND THOSE DERIVED PROM THEM—SPECIMENS OF ANCIENT ALPHABETS AND WRITING.
The old method of setting summaries. This is a fair imitation of a summary in Astle's Origin and Progress of Writing, etc. 4to, London, 1803. The small capitals were on a wide set or were hair-spaced.
Of the Librarii, Notarii, and Antiquarii—Of Illuminators—Of Paintings and Ornaments Of Materials for Writing upon Of Instruments for Writing with Of Inks.
A modern method of setting summaries. A new school of typography requires all the capital letters, except those of proper names, or those that begin a sentence, to be put in lower-case.
SUBHEADINGS IN SMALL CAPITALS
Subheadings in small capitals produce the best effect when they do not make more than two lines. As small capitals have no ascending or descending letters, the space between the lines of composition seems greater than the space between those of a lower-case text. When it can be done, the effect of uniformity in leading may be made by a change of leads. For three or more lines of a subheading, or for the summary of a chapter, lower-case is preferable.
