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USING PHOTOSHOP

Type

Last updated 12/5/2011

Regular (left) and OpenType (right) fonts

A. Ordinals B. Discretionary ligatures C. Swashes

OpenType fonts may include an expanded character set and layout features to provide richer linguistic support and

advanced typographic control. OpenType fonts from Adobe that include support for central European (CE) languages

include the word “Pro,” as part of the font name in application font menus. OpenType fonts that don’t contain central

European language support are labeled “Standard,” and have an “Std” suffix. All OpenType fonts can also be installed

and used alongside PostScript Type

1 and TrueType fonts.

For more information on OpenType fonts, see www.adobe.com/go/opentype.

Apply OpenType features

1 Make sure you have an OpenType font chosen when using the Type tool. If you don’t select any text, the setting

applies to new text you create.

2 From the Character panel menu, choose one of the following from the OpenType submenu:

Standard Ligatures Are typographic replacements for certain pairs of characters, such as fi, fl, ff, ffi, and ffl.

Type with the Standard Ligatures and Discretionary Ligatures options unselected and selected

Contextual Alternates Are alternative characters included in some script typefaces to provide better joining behavior.

For example, when using Caflisch Script Pro with contextual alternatives enabled, the letter pair “bl” in the word

“bloom” is joined so that it looks more like handwriting.

Discretionary Ligatures Are typographic replacement characters for letter pairs, such as ct, st, and ft.

Note: Although the characters in ligatures appear to be joined, they are fully editable and do not cause the spelling checker

to flag a word erroneously.

Swash Substitutes swash glyphs, stylized letterforms with extended strokes (exaggerated flourishes).

Old Style Are numerals shorter than regular numerals, with some old style numerals descending below the type

baseline.

Stylistic Alternates Formats stylized characters that create a purely aesthetic effect.