: Re: When to use normal caps and small caps in fiction? Sometimes I don't know which one to use. For instance, what kind should I use when referring to the stamping on a t-shirt? Mark wore

Small caps can become a temporary convention for something distinct but similar to normal communication. In the same way that ALL CAPS has become symbolic of shouting, other character formatting can be used to imply meaning.

In many alternative fiction works, italics is used consistently to symbolize non-verbal telepathic communication. In these cases, the author usually establishes the convention during its first few instances, using tags to describe the unusual nature of the associated text. After that association has been established, all italicized text within the remainder of the novel is assumed to be non-verbal telepathic communication.
This is helpful to both reader and writer as the collection of speaking tag-friendly verbs (said, shouted, swore, etc.) is much larger than the equivalent verbs for telepathy (thought, pathed, ..?)

Similarly, and again distinctly for alternative fiction, small caps formatting could be used by the author to symbolize any unusual communication including alien-languages, magical-incantations and even thunderous voices from the heavens. It is not an established standard anywhere that I know of, but it can become a temporary standard within the domain of any author's current work, or works.

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