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Working with OpenType features
CorelDRAW supports OpenType fonts so you can take advantage of their advanced typographic features. OpenType features allow you to
choose an alternate appearance for an individual character (also referred to as a glyph) or a sequence of characters. For example, you can
choose alternate glyphs for numbers, fractions, or ligature sets.
You can access OpenType commands and options in the Character area of the Object properties docker. You can also let CorelDRAW
prompt you which OpenType features you can apply by enabling the Interactive OpenType option. When you select text, an indicator arrow
appears below the text if an OpenType feature is available. You can click the indicator to access a list of the most popular OpenType features
that are available for the selected text.
Clicking the Interactive OpenType indicator arrow (1) expands a list of the
most popular OpenType features that are available for the selected text.
The OpenType font specification was created jointly by Adobe and Microsoft. Based on Unicode, OpenType fonts extend the capabilities of
older font technologies. The most notable advantages of OpenType are:
• cross-platform support (Windows and Mac OS)
• extended character sets that offer better language support and advanced typographic features
• coexistence with Type 1 (PostScript) and TrueType fonts
• support for a larger glyph limit (64k)
OpenType features
The following table describes the OpenType features that you can apply in CorelDRAW provided that the feature is included in the font.
In addition, CorelDRAW also provides synthesized versions of some Caps and Position OpenType features. For example, if a font does not
support a feature, such as Small Caps, CorelDRAW produces its own version of the glyph by scaling the font.
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OpenType feature Description Example
Caps Changes the case of text, which is useful for
inserting titles and acronyms
Small caps