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characters as per Indic orthographic syllable boundaries; conjunct creation,
glyph shaping and glyph positioning.
In case the font applied on the text is missing, Indic text might not reorder/
render properly
Indic text deletion
QuarkXPress supports Unichar- based text deletion for Indic text using the
Backspace key. It also supports syllable-based text deletion using the Forward
Delete key.
OpenType features
QuarkXPress supports OpenType features used by Indic scripts, namely:
‘nukt’: Nukta form substitution
akhn: Akhand form substitution
‘rphf’: Reph glyph form substitution
‘rkrf’: Rakaar form substitution
‘blwf’: Below-base form substitution
‘half’: Half form substitution
‘vatu’: Vattu variant substitution
cjct’: Conjunct form substitution
‘pres’: Pre-base substitution
abvs’: Above-base substitution
‘blws’: Below-base substitution
‘psts’: Post-base substitution
‘haln: Halant form substitution
‘abvm’: Above-base marks positioning
‘blwm: Below-base marks positioning
These OpenType features are enabled by default for Indic scripts in
QuarkXPress. On inputting Indic text, OpenType glyph substitution and glyph
positioning changes occur automatically to allow glyph reordering and conjunct
creation. There is no separate UI to view/ customize these OpenType features in
QuarkXPress.