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THE QUARKXPRESS SERVER USER INTERFACE
Click Ascent and Descent to lock text to grid based on the ascenders and
descenders of characters.
Click Font Size (Em Box) to lock text to grid based on the size of the em boxes
of the characters.
Preferences — Character
The Character pane (Administration > Preferences > Renderer > Character)
includes the following controls.
Use the Superscript fields to control the placement and scale (size) of superscript
characters. The Superscript Offset value determines how far below the baseline the
application places a superscript character. The Superscript Offset value is measured
as a percentage of font size. The default value is 33%. The Superscript VScale value
determines the vertical size of the character and is a percentage of font size. The
Superscript HScale value determines width and is a percentage of the normal
character width (as specified by the font designer). The default value for both scales
is 60% (range = 0 to 100%, measurement system = percentage, smallest increment =
.1).
Use the Subscript fields to control the placement and scale (size) of subscript
characters. The Subscript Offset value determines how far above the baseline the
application places a subscript character. The Subscript Offset value is measured as a
percentage of font size. The default value is 33%. The Subscript VScale value
determines the vertical size of the character and is a percentage of font size. The
Subscript HScale value determines width and is a percentage of the normal
character width (as specified by the font designer). The default value for both scales
is 100% (range = 0 to 100%, measurement system = percentage, smallest increment
= .1).
Use the Small Caps fields to control the scale of characters with the Small Caps
type style applied to them. The Small Caps VScale value determines the vertical
size of the character and is measured as a percentage of font size. The Small Caps
HScale value determines width and is measured as a percentage of the normal
character width (as specified by the font designer). The default value for both scales
is 75% (range = 0 to 100%, measurement system = percentage, smallest increment =
.1).
Use the Superior fields to control the scale of superior characters. The Superior
VScale value determines the vertical size of the character and is measured as a
percentage of font size. The Superior HScale value determines width and is
measured as a percentage of the normal character width (as specified by the font
designer). The default value for both scales is 60% (range = 0 to 100%, measurement
system = percentage, smallest increment = .1).
Use the Ligatures Break Above field to use ligatures built into a font. A ligature is a
typographic convention in which certain characters are combined into a single
glyph. Most fonts contain ligatures for the characters “f” followed by “i” and “f”
followed by “l”. The Ligatures Break Above field enables you to specify the kerning
or tracking value (measured in 1/200 em space increments) above which characters
will not be combined into ligatures. For example, a headline with a large tracking
value would probably not contain ligatures. The default value is 1 (range = 0 to 10,
measurement system = .005 [1/200] em space, smallest increment = .001). To
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