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Ordinals: Apply ordinal number glyphs.
Titling Alternates: Apply capital letter glyphs designed for titles at larger point
sizes.
Contextual Alternates: Apply alternate glyph variations based on contextual
juxtapositions of text.
Localized Forms: Replace default forms of glyphs with localized forms. This
feature is dependent on the text language of the base text.
H\V Kana Alternates: Apply specially designed horizontal or vertical Kana
forms that correspond with the story direction (vertical or horizontal).
Position: Apply superscript, subscript, scientific inferior, numerator, and
denominator glyphs to selected text.
Alternate Metrics: Apply alternate widths or heights based on story direction
(vertical or horizontal).
Alternate Vertical Half Metrics: Fit glyphs to individual, proportional heights.
Alternate Vertical Metrics: Center glyphs inside a full-em height.
Proportional Alternate Metrics: Fit glyphs to individual, proportional widths.
Full Widths: Replace glyphs set on other em widths with glyphs set on full-em widths.
Half Widths: Replace full-em width glyphs with half-em width glyphs.
Third Widths: Replace glyphs set on other em widths with glyphs set on third-em
widths.
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
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