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I want to be able to use small caps for chapter headings. According to Using \textsc{} within \section{} CM default font does not support small caps so I need to use:

\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

in the preamble.

However, this changes font for whole document. I do have quite complex set up and global setting causes few issues so I would like to get same effect as by using \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} in preamble (that is - to be able to use small caps for chapter headings), but only for chapter headings that defined created by using following macro:

 \def \centeredchapter#1{
    \chapter*{\centering{\LARGE \textsc{#1}}}
    \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{#1}
    }

Is it possible?

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Rafal
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    presumably (untested) \chapter*{\centering{\LARGE\fontencoding{T1}\textsc{#1}}} – David Carlisle Mar 03 '14 at 11:41
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    Well you can always use \fontencoding{T1} locally, but imho you should better solve your global problems with T1 encoding. T1 is a much better encoding than the default OT1 – Ulrike Fischer Mar 03 '14 at 11:42
  • Using \fontencoding{T1} in macro as suggested by David and Ulrike works in my case. Just for clarity - is \fontencoding{T1} a Tex or LaTeX native command? I thought it is fontenc package command but it works without loading that package. – Rafal Mar 03 '14 at 11:54

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Font encoding is built into the LaTeX format, the fontenc package mainly just gives an interface to setting the document defaults so you can use

\chapter*{\centering{\LARGE\fontencoding{T1}\textsc{#1}}}
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