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    Small capitals (or just small caps) can be used in bicameral scripts. They use the design of capital letters, but are smaller (roughly the size of the lowercase letters) and usually replace the lowercase letters.

     

    Dutch: kleinkapitalen
    French: petites capitales
    German: Kapitälchen
    Italian: maiuscoletto
    Norwegian: Kapiteler
    Polish: kapitaliki
    Russian: капите́ль
    Spanish: Versalita

    Related Term(s): Petite caps

    Ralf Herrmann By Ralf Herrmann ()
    Contributors: Xavier Álvarez Przemysław Sakrajda Frode Helland

    Terms linking to this term:
    Uppercase (caps)
    Petite caps
    Academy Lessons linking to this term:
    E2: The Character Set
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