Uppercase letterforms drawn at approximately X-Height (or slightly taller) with Stroke weights optically adjusted to match the Typographic Color of the surrounding lowercase text. True small caps are distinct from simply scaling down full capitals, which produces strokes that are too thin relative to the body text. They are used for acronyms, abbreviations, and stylistic emphasis where full capitals would be visually disruptive. In OpenType, small caps are accessed via the smcp (lowercase to small caps) and c2sc (capitals to small caps) features.
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