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A Guide to XPress Tags 2023 | 7
Kannada: <n93> ●
Gujarati: <n94> ●
Marathi: <n99> ●
Assamese: <n38> ●
Rubi text
Rubi text lets you annotate base characters with smaller rubi characters. This
feature is an East Asian feature and is 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.
Rubi text tags use the following form:
<A(\#68Base text\#36<@><Character attributes><\#9Rubi
text\#132,50,C,A,0,2,B,T)>
The contents of this tag are as follows:
<A()> encloses the tag. ●
/#68 and /#36 mark the beginning and end of the base text. ●
<@><Character attributes> lets you style the rubi text (see “Character ●
attributes“).
\#n marks the beginning of the rubi text, where n = the number of rubi ●
characters (in the above example, 9).
\#132 marks the end of the rubi text and the beginning of the rubi positioning ●
codes.
50 is a percentage of the base font size. ●
C is alignment, where L = left, C = center, R = right, J = justified, F = forced, O = ●
1–2–1 (JIS) rule, and E = equal space.
A is base alignment, where A = none, L = left, C = center, R = right, J = ●
justified, F = forced, O = 1–2–1 (JIS) rule, and E = equal space.
0 is horizontal offset of the rubi in points. ●
2 is overhang, where 0 = none, 1 = up to one rubi character, 2 = up to 1/2 rubi ●
character, 3 = up to one base character, 4 = up to 1/2 base character, and 5 =
unrestricted.
B is placement relative to base text, where A = Above and B = below. ●
T is auto-alignment, where T = true and F = false. ●