Re: [jats-list] Recommended tagging for uppercase text

["B Tommie Usdin btusdin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <jats-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Martin b

I have seen people do this as <styled-content
  specific-use=bdisplay" style-type="uppercaseb>

b Tommie


> On Feb 1, 2019, at 9:59 AM, Martin Kraetke, le-tex martin.kraetke@xxxxxxxxx
<jats-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I would like to ask if there is any recommendation on how to markup
uppercase text in JATS/BITS?
>
> Although you can hard-code the characters, you usually want to distinguish
uppercase as style from regular uppercase text such as acronyms. Another use
case is to apply a specific formatting on uppercase text, e.g. to render the
text slightly smaller or to increase the whitespace between the letters.
>
> However, it might be useful to have an element for uppercase text in
addition to case-specific elements like <sc> or <fixed-case> in JATS/BITS. But
for now, it would be good to know if there are any best practices on this
matter?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Martin
>
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