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• Use the Superscript area to control the placement and scale (size) of superscript characters.
The Offset value determines how far below the baseline QuarkXPress places a superscript
character. The Offset value is measured as a percentage of font size. The default value is
33%. The VScale value determines the vertical size of the character and is a percentage of
font size. The 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 area to control the placement and scale (size) of subscript characters.
The Offset value determines how far above the baseline QuarkXPress places a subscript
character. The Offset value is measured as a percentage of font size. The default value is
33%. The VScale value determines the vertical size of the character and is a percentage of
font size. The 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 area to control the scale of characters with the Small Caps type style
applied to them. The VScale value determines the vertical size of the character and is
measured as a percentage of font size. The 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 area to control the scale of superior characters. The VScale value
determines the vertical size of the character and is measured as a percentage of font size.
The 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 area 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 Break
Above field enables you to specify the kerning or tracking value (measured in ½00 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 [½00] em space, smallest
increment = .001). To prevent the second two letters in "ffi" and "ffl" (as in office and
waffle) from being combined into ligatures, check Not "ffi" or "ffl". Three-character ligatures
for these combinations, common in traditional typesetting systems, are not standardized
in fonts designed for Mac OS X, so some typographers prefer to keep all three letters separate
rather than combine only two of them. Note that many PostScript fonts do not have "ffi"
and "ffl" ligatures, but most OpenType fonts do. This option is unchecked by default.
• Check Auto Kern Above to specify that QuarkXPress uses kerning tables, which are built
into most fonts, to control intercharacter spacing. The Auto Kern Above field enables you
to specify the point size above which automatic kerning must be used. The Auto Kern
Above feature also implements custom tracking information specified in the Tracking
Values dialog box for a selected font (Utilities > Edit Tracking). This option is checked
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