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Subject:Small caps for acronyms From:Richard Mateosian <srm -at- C2 -dot- ORG> Date:Thu, 7 Dec 1995 02:12:33 -0800
I once wrote a manual, using FrameMaker, in which I used small caps for
acronyms. They looked better than full caps, but they took a lot of extra
work, and they caused a whole lot of trouble.
For example, when they appeared in headings that were automatically included
in the table of contents, the TOC version appeared in lowercase. A similar
problem arose for cross references.
I don't remember all the details, but I don't think I'd want to do it again.
...RM
