Small caps for Myriad Pro

[Ariel Walden]

Are small caps for Myriad Pro available? If yes, where?

Thanks,
Ariel

PS When push comes to shove, it seems that CS2Premium doesn't ship with any
form of sans-serif small caps, unless I've missed something?

[N***@adobeforums.com]

Ariel,

I would have thought that this popular Pro font would. But I went to the PDF display <http://store.adobe.com/type/browser/pdfs/MYRP/MyriadPro-Regular.pdf> and didn't see it. It has Cyrillic and Greek, lining and tabular figures, plus a bunch of other stuff...but no s.c.!

Ironically, Adobe describes the font, in part: Myriad Pro’s clean open shapes, precise letter fit, and extensive kerning pairs make this unified family of roman and italic an excellent choice for text typography that is comfortable to read, while the wide variety of weights and widths in the family provide a generous creative palette for even the most demanding display typography.

Neil

[Ariel Walden]

Thanks Neil. I'm not wrong then. It's a nice font (and has the added
advantage that I already own it). I was going to use the SC for subheads in
an academic book. I'm wondering whether I should risk faking them. Say, 80%
of full caps, plus one weight up, plus generous letter-spacing. Not so happy
with that though, because it will almost certainly take the "professional"
sheen off the page (not that anyone will care except me--not with this
publisher!). Or maybe I should just use upper/lc for the subheads? Or a
different sans?

--Ariel

[N***@adobeforums.com]

Ariel,

Unless we both missed something on the small caps, that is what I would do. If 80% looks odd, then try 75% height. In addition to bumping up the weight a notch, I would also widen the letters a bit, maybe 3%-5% to help fake a truecut small cap.

Too bad, but I don't see an option in what I found.

Neil

[N***@adobeforums.com]

I wouldn't mix sans serifs for this. Buy ulc is an option for subheads.

Neil

[Ariel Walden]

Thanks Neil. Widening them is a very interesting idea. I've never tried
that. I'll see if it works.
Thanks again,
Ariel

[G***@adobeforums.com]

Please let us know what you figure out. I have wanted to use Myriad
small caps also.

[Ariel Walden]

Yes, well I played around with it this afternoon. Faking it never really
works. You never get that sparkle that real small caps have. In short, I
couldn't find a satisfactory setting. (But widening the font is an
improvement). So either I'll use u/lc or else find something else. In fact,
I spent some time on the Adobe website, and I couldn't find any sans-serifs
with small caps; strange. Syntax, for instance, which is such a popular one.
Not even Gill Sans, yet Bringhurst does say they are available. I'll have to
see where...

Ariel

[G***@adobeforums.com]

Post by Ariel Walden
Syntax, for instance, which is such a popular one.

I love Syntax, but I can't use it because it doesn't have Greek
characters. I sure wish the rightsholder to Syntax--I think it's
Linotype, but i could be wrong--would add additional language support.

[V***@adobeforums.com]

Small caps are available for Gill Sans, but you have to go to the Monotype site. Here's the full family:

<http://www.fonts.com/findfonts/detail.htm?pid=427675&grab_id=0&page_id=27836&query=%22Gill%20sans%22&SCOPE=Fonts>

and the OpenType version:

<http://www.fonts.com/FindFonts/Detail.htm?pid=425563&grab_id=0&page_id=1258&query=%22Gill%20sans%22&SCOPE=Fonts>

Make sure you hit the "See Full Size Graphic" button. (Asinine site. They could really use someone in web usability, not to mention design.)

Anyway, if you do go in for some of these, treat yourself to the Book weight. One of my absolute favorites. (I find the regular too heavy.)

Victor

[S***@adobeforums.com]

Cronos Pro has small caps.

Bill Lynch

[Ariel Walden]

Thank you Bill and Victor for the helpful feedback.

--Ariel