font-variant: small-caps not supported

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Summary:

font-variant: small-caps is not supported on Nook apps/devices. This is an accessibility issue since the alternative for replicating small caps is hardcoding uppercased letters and reducing font-size.

Scope:

Observed in

• Nook for iPadOS 13.5.1 v5.2.2
• Nook for Android 9 (Samsung) v5.2.1.41
• Nook Glowlight Plus, 2nd Gen v50.0.133/5.0.5.35

Expected:

Native CSS small caps display correctly (uppercased letters remain uppercased, lowercased letters convert to smaller uppercased letters).

Apple Books for iPadOS 13.5.1

Observed:

Native CSS small caps gracefully degrade to original casing display.

Nook for iPadOS 13.5.1 v5.2.2

Code Example:

HTML

<p><span class="small-caps">September 30, 1659.—I, poor miserable Robinson Crusoe</span>, being shipwrecked during a dreadful storm in the offing, came on shore on this dismal, unfortunate island...</p>

CSS

.small-caps { font-variant: small-caps;}

Example Titles and ISBNs in Market:

Something Needs to Change (9780735291423)

Role in EPUB Ecosystem:

Publisher