Bold small caps with mathpazo

Question

I was using tgpagella but it doesn't have automatic old style numbers without resorting to fontspec. I was directed to use mathpazo like so:

\usepackage[sc,osf]{mathpazo}

How do I format mathpazo with BOLD SMALL CAPS? Here's some of my example code:

\textbf{\textsc{question:}}
\textsc{\textbf{question:}}
{\sc{\textbf{question:}}}
{\sc{\bf{question:}}}

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\textbf{\sc{question:}}
{\bf{\sc{question:}}}

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score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 21 '11 at 03:43

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Seems to me like TeX Gyre Pagella does have bold small caps:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tgpagella}
\begin{document}
hello \textbf{hello} \textsc{hello} \textbf{\textsc{hello}}
\end{document}

Bold small caps with TeX Gyre Pagella

I think your problem is that you're using \sc when you should be using \scshape or \textsc{...}. The commands \bf, \it, \sc, etc. are deprecated and should not be used.

Otherwise, if you load mathpazo without the sc option, you'll get them:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{mathpazo}
\begin{document}
hello \textbf{hello} \textsc{hello} \textbf{\textsc{hello}}
\end{document}

Bold small caps with mathpazo

They're not real small caps, but sometimes you gotta take what you can get.

Alternatively, (XeLaTeX/LuaLaTeX only) you could buy Palatino Nova, or use Palatino Linotype if you happen to be using Windows:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{Palatino Linotype}
\begin{document}
hello \textbf{hello} \textsc{hello} \textbf{\textsc{hello}}
\end{document}

Bold small caps with Palatino Linotype

answered Feb 21 '11 at 03:43

Will Robertson

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Hi Will, yes tgpagella has bold small caps, but it requires fontspec for old style (and thus XeLaTeX, which I don't want to resort to). For mathpazo, I need the [osf] option for the old style figures. Using [osf] enables bold small caps, but the old style figures disappear. I don't want to resort to \oldstylenums{} every time I type in numbers. Is there a way to use bold small caps and the automatic old style numbers in mathpazo together? – Kit Feb 21 '11 at 07:29
@Kit, ah, sorry, I missed the part about OSF. In short, then, the answer is no — you need to create a virtual font based on tgpagella replacing the numbers over. I'm sure it's not too hard, but I've never done it myself so I can't point you in the right direction. Perhaps look at the eco package to see how it does it for the CM fonts. – Will Robertson Feb 21 '11 at 09:19
Thanks Will. An erratum on my comment above: it should be "NOT using [osf] enables..." – Kit Feb 21 '11 at 13:50

JSpitzm · Answer 2 · 2018-03-03T07:53:46.943

A late answer, but since I needed this myself and found a solution, I thought I'd share it. In order to use mathpazo with osf and sc generally and pagella only as a drop-in for bold small caps, do this:

% Load pagella first, then mathpazo
\usepackage{tgpagella}
% Note that "osf" includes real small caps, so no sc option needed
\usepackage[osf]{mathpazo}

% Fall back to Pagella for bold small caps. This needs to be done late.
\AtBeginDocument{%
  \DeclareFontShape{T1}{pplj}{b}{sc}{<-> ec-qplb-sc}{}
  \DeclareFontShape{T1}{pplj}{bx}{sc}{<->ssub * qpl/b/sc}{}
}

Pagella's small caps look a bit different than mathpazo's (lower x-height), so the solution is not ideal, but I think it's as good as it gets.

Bold small caps with mathpazo

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