OpenType Small Caps character syles in Project Info token fields & lyrics (Dorico 6.1 and up)

EricC · February 7, 2026, 1:19pm

I have searched and searched the forums for this, but I can’t find it. Seems that someone recently (at least since v6 came out) mentioned using small capitals via the now-enabled OpenType features.

What I want to do is use small caps on certain letters in the text in token fields in the Project Info. Is this possible?

As a work around, I did at one time use code points from the Adobe Minion Pro font in conjunction with Keyboard Maestro (I’m on Mac) to get what I wanted. But maybe starting in version 6 that workaround is no longer necessary?

Thank you!

dan_kreider · February 7, 2026, 1:23pm

You should be able to input small caps as usual, and they’ll appear via the token (the project info fields work the same way). They’ll just appear as “missing glyphs”:

EricC · February 7, 2026, 1:34pm

@dan_kreider, What do you mean as “the usual way” to input small caps? I am used to having all the Project Info data in a word processor file. I copy those data strings into the token fields for project info. The problem is that small caps in a word processor turn into regular lowercase letters in those Dorico fields. Is there a way to type small caps into Dorico directly?

Thanks!

dan_kreider · February 7, 2026, 1:46pm

Yes, in the screenshot I posted above, I simply typed the small caps into the flow field, using Keyboard Maestro to summon the small caps when desired. Same with the project info dialog.

EricC · February 7, 2026, 1:48pm

OK, I understand. So, the use of Keyboard Maestro or similar is still needed even in v6. Thank you.

asherber · February 7, 2026, 2:29pm

In v6 (Edit: 6.1), you can also apply character styles to fields in Project Info.

I created a character style called Small Caps which enables the small caps OpenType feature.

Then I applied it to one word of my project title.

Ragtime {@style:Small Caps@}Dance{@/style@}

Result:

dan_kreider · February 7, 2026, 2:35pm

I stand corrected!

EricC · February 7, 2026, 3:53pm

asherber, that worked great in the Title token field in the Project Info! Thank you.

But what about in the lyrics? At this point I’m using Keyboard Maestro to put in the Unicode points for the letters.

I tried putting in the same string

{@style:Small Caps@}Lord’s{@/style@}

in the lyrics, but that didn’t work. Is there a way for the OpenType features to work in lyrics?

Thank you.

jesele · February 7, 2026, 3:57pm

You could use the Edit Single Lyric.

Jesper

EricC · February 7, 2026, 4:36pm

@jesele Jesper, that is great! Thank you! I did not know I could do that.

benwiggy · February 7, 2026, 5:26pm

Or you can just create a Paragraph Style that applies Small Caps, and set the syllable to that Paragraph Style in Properties.

EricC · February 7, 2026, 6:08pm

@benwiggy, Wow! That’s even better for lyrics with small caps. Thank you.

I noticed something interesting: because of some unknown-to-me input error, a one-syllable word was marked as “Syllable type: End” rather than “Whole word”. It was the word following the one I wanted to be in all caps. When that next word was so marked, the paragraph style “Lyrics (Small Caps)” did not appear in the properties list for the word before it. As soon as I changed that following word to “Syllable type: Whole word”, the needed paragraph style appeared for the word before it, and I was able to apply the paragraph style successfully.

I think the method you mentioned is definitely the easiest way to deal with small caps in lyrics.

Thank you.