Changing default \citet font in biblatex

Question

I'm using biblatex to manage my citation in a natbib style :

\usepackage[style=alphabetic,maxnames=6,natbib=true]{biblatex}

However when I use the \citet command, the author's name is in a \textsc font, I would like to change this behavior so that the font used is the default one, but I could not find how to do this in biblatex's documentation.

Please provide a minimal working example. – Thorsten Apr 25 '12 at 16:40 — Thorsten, Apr 25 '12 at 16:40

Audrey · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-29T18:22:34.227

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I guess you're also using \usepackage[french]{babel}? The French module in biblatex (french.lbx) formats last names in small capitals by providing this "local" definition of the \mkbibnamelast command:

\protected\def\mkbibnamelast#1{\textsc{\textnohyphenation{#1}}}

To restore this command to its "global" definition add the following to your preamble:

\DefineBibliographyExtras{french}{\restorecommand\mkbibnamelast}

In biblatex.def the global definition is:

\newcommand*{\mkbibnamelast}[1]{#1}

You can redefine this via \renewcommand*. The code in \DefineBibliographyExtras is hooked into citation commands and bibliography drivers. So the French definition will simply be restored to the "current" global definition.

edited Jul 29 '12 at 18:22

answered Apr 26 '12 at 03:02

Audrey

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You are right, I am indeed using babel french. This answers perfectly my question! – Pascal Apr 27 '12 at 13:48
As mentioned in the other answer, this is no longer up to date, now it should be \mkbibnamefamily instead of \mkbibnamelast – P. Camilleri Dec 08 '20 at 18:30

score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 30 '16 at 13:34

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Update (with babel-french v. 3.2a 2016-03-18)

The command \DefineBibliographyExtras{french}{\restorecommand\mkbibnamelast} no longer works.

To disable small caps in names in french language, add in the preamble the following command:

\DefineBibliographyExtras{french}{\restorecommand\mkbibnamefamily}

answered Mar 30 '16 at 13:34

Vince

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See also Biblatex 3.3 name formatting for a survey of other changes in biblatex 3.3. The issue is not with babel-french, but rather with biblatex 3.3. – moewe Mar 30 '16 at 13:37
\What would be the converse: to restore the small caps? it seems in 2023, they are not used anymore... – Denis Cousineau Jan 30 '23 at 21:40

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