Hi Ascender,

have a look at these threads:

PhD?
Plural words that require small caps

F

This is precisely the pitfall of using small caps for academic abbreviations and why I generally recommend against it. PhD, which is more common, presents the same problem.

I don't think there's a good solution in your situation. Good luck.

Well at least I know I am in good company not knowing what to do.

But what about the fact that her name is in small caps also? I could "fix" it by changing her name to all uppers and lowers, but then it would not be consistent with last issue.

If I wanted to keep her name in all small caps what should I do?

thanks again!

There are three things you can do.

As it is a rare occurrence, a little manual work on the "d" is OK.

1. Reduce the size of lower case "d", then increase its weight by applying a "Stroke" value.
2. Use a "d" from a smaller optical size, if your typeface has one.
3. Choose a "d" from a related font that has the appropriate weight at the size.

Thanks Nick,

That really works!

Seems like we need lowercase smallcaps. ;o)