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Quarter Widths: Replace glyphs set on other em widths with glyphs set on quarter-em
widths.
Proportional Alternate Widths: Fit glyphs to individual, proportional widths.
Alternate Forms: Apply alternate glyph forms, such as JIS2004, JIS78, JIS90, Simplified,
and Traditional. These glyph forms are specially designed for some Japanese OpenType
fonts.
Using ligatures
There are two methods for using ligatures: The legacy method or the OpenType method.
The legacy method supports standard ligatures such as fi and fl in PostScript fonts. The
OpenType method allows access to both standard ligatures and discretionary ligatures in
OpenType fonts. Both methods are applied as character attributes, meaning that you can
apply them to any selected text.
To apply ligatures to selected text using the legacy method, check Enable Ligatures on
the Character/Character Attributes tab of the Measurements palette (Window menu)
or check Ligatures in the Character Attributes dialog box (Style > Character) (Windows
only).
To apply ligatures to selected text using the OpenType method, select text that uses an
OpenType and then choose Standard Ligatures from the OpenType menu on the
Home/Classic or Character/Character Attributes tab of the Measurements palette
(Window menu). This will apply ligatures such as fi, fl, ff, ffi, ffl, fj, ffj, and th if they
are built into the font. In addition, you can choose Discretionary Ligatures to apply rare
ligatures such as ct, sp, st, and fh. If either ligature option displays in brackets, the OpenType
font in use does not support those ligature features. On Windows, you can also check
Standard Ligatures and Discretionary Ligatures in the OpenType area of the Character
Attributes dialog box.
Ligature preferences
You can set preferences for ligatures in the Character pane of the Preferences dialog box
(QuarkXPress/Edit > Preferences > Print Layout > Character):
Break Above: The value in the field specifies a tracking or kerning value above which
ligatures will break apart. At the default value of 1, if you track text +1 (1/200th of an em
space), the ligatures revert to standard letters.
Not "ffi" or "ffl": Check this box to prevent fi and fl ligatures in words such as "office" or
"waffle" when ffi and ffl ligatures do not exist in the current font.
Working with the Glyphs palette
A glyph is the smallest unit of a font each uppercase letter, for example, consists of its
own glyph. To access all the glyphs in a font especially an OpenType font that may
include tens of thousands of glyphs you need to view a complete character map. You
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