XeTeX ⇒ Small Caps not available with Arial

[max_mad666]

Hello,

I've got a XeTeX file with the line:

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\setmainfont[Mapping=tex-text]{Arial}

If I use quality fonts such as Adobe Minion Pro or Linux Libertine, I get the small caps when I put a word in \textsc{}. However, if I change it to Arial, I get no small caps.

Does anyone have an idea?

Thank you

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Perhaps Arial just does not provide a small caps font version. Not every font does it. Some people consider Arial to be a bad copy of Helvetica (see The scourge of Arial) - perhaps try Helvetica.

Stefan

[max_mad666]

Hello,
Yeah it's true Arial is not such a "good" font but sometimes you cannot change if someone impose you to use it haha.

I've done a smillar post on siteduzero (french website)
Someone suggested me to simulate small caps with the following code

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\documentclass[]{article}
%\usepackage{fontspec}
\begin{document}
\makeatletter

\def\mycommand{\bgroup\obeyspaces\mycommandaux}
\def\mycommandaux#1{\mycommandauxii #1\relax\relax\egroup}
\def\mycommandauxii#1{%
\ifx\relax#1\else \ifcat#1\@sptoken{} \expandafter\expandafter\expandafter\mycommandauxii\else
\ifnum`#1=\uccode`#1 {\normalsize #1}\else {\footnotesize \uppercase{#1}}\fi \expandafter\expandafter\expandafter\mycommandauxii\expandafter\fi\fi}

\mycommand{Any Surname or Nickname or other Text that need Small Caps...}

\end{document}

And it's really good working.
Thanks