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:}}}

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

Answer 1

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}

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}

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}