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Acronym at sentence start: capital or not?
The recommended way of typesetting acronyms is using small caps, e.g.:
This technique is called Remote Procedure Calling or {\scshape rpc}.
However, if the acronym occurs at the beginning of the ...
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What is a good way to typeset dot-separated acronyms?
I am trying to find a good appearance for typesetting "C.A.T.A.P.U.L.T.". When I type it as is, it appears to me that P.U.L. are bunched up together while the other letters are well apart. Perhaps ...
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Typesetting mixed-case acronyms with numbers
What are the various alternatives to typeset acronyms that contain lowercase letters, lowercase letters and numbers?
For example, take the acronym SOA4All.
The naive way would be to typeset it just ...
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When using the acronym package and the smaller option, how to avoid the tiny 's' in the plural acronym?
I'm using the acronym package, and using the smaller option because that is a typographic convention.
\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[smaller]{acronym}
\acrodef{DLL}{Dynamically Linked ...
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Macro for typesetting acronyms
All-caps acronyms and brand names like IBM look better when typeset a little smaller than usual. My simple solution is the following macro:
\def\<#1>{{\small #1}}
It's used like here ...
