2020

CHARACTER AND PARAGRAPH FORMATTING
Horizontal Scale : <h###.#> in percentage of scale •
Vertical Scale : <y###.#> in percentage of scale •
Kern : <k###.##> in 1/200 em space •
Track : <t###.##> in 1/200 em space •
Sending : Same tag as tracking but with a value in points added to the end •
Baseline Shift : <b###.##> in points •
Ligatures: <G1> to turn on, or <G0> to turn off •
Opacity : <p###.#> in percentage of opacity •
Emphasis Mark : <Mn>, where n is the emphasis mark •
OpenType: <o("xxxx")> where “xxxx” = the OpenType feature •
Language: <n##> (see “Languages“) •
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Keep Half Width Characters Upright (a character attribute used only in vertical •
stories): <Ln>, where <L0> = sideways, <L1> = upright, and <L$> = revert to style
sheet
Emphasis Mark : <Mn>, where n is the emphasis mark •
Apply Sending to Non-CJK characters : <Y1> to turn on, <Y0> to turn it off, or •
<Y$> to use the current style sheet setting
When any of these commands is followed by a$ (for example, <f$>), the
attributes are set to the values specified in the current character style sheet. If a
character style sheet is not currently applied, the Normal style sheet is used. (A
# character in this list indicates a numeric value.)
The icon indicates text features that are considered East Asian features and
are only available when you have the East Asian preference enabled
(QuarkXPress/Edit( > Preferences > East Asian). However, you can import and
export text that uses these features in XPress Tags format using any language
edition of QuarkXPress.
Languages
You can apply the following languages with the <n##> character tag.
None: <n254> •
Bulgarian: <n72> •
Catalan: <n73> •
Chinese (Simplified): <n52> •
Chinese (Traditional): <n53> •
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