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Like style sheet definitions, font set definitions are stored in XPress Tags files. For
example, if you export text that uses a font set named "Fontset 1," the definition of
Fontset 1 is exported in the form of a tag like the following, at the beginning of the
XPress Tag file:
@Fontset 1=[F]<"HiraMinPro-W3",100,0,h100,"GrecoStd-DB",100,0,h100,
"Corbel",100,0,h100,"HiraMinPro-W3",89.999,-5,h105,"Times-Roman",100,0,h100>
In text, font set tags are as follows:
<h105z10.89b-0.6f"HiraMinPro-W3",("Fontset 1",12)>
The contents of this tag are as follows:
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h105 = horizontal or vertical scaling (see "Character attributes").
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z10.8 = percentage of current font size
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b-0.6 = baseline shift, in points
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f"HiraMinPro-W3" = font
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("Fontset 1", 12) = name of the font set to be applied and current point size
of font
This feature is available only in particular language editions of QuarkXPress. However,
you can import and export text that uses this features in XPress Tags format using any
language edition of QuarkXPress.
OpenType attributes
Turn on/off styling is similar to the current method used for type styles. Respecifying
a tag toggles the current state of the attribute.
An asterisk (*) in the topics below indicates a glyph attribute. The format for applying
glyph attributes is <DoO,F"zero",I0,f"ACaslonPro-Bold">0<oC>, where DoO =
opening tag, F"zero" = feature, I0 = glyph index (where I0 = the first glyph),
f"AcaslonPro-Bold" = font, 0 = base character, and oC = close tag.
Basic set
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All Small Caps: a2sc
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Alternative Annotation Forms*: nalt
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Alternative Fractions*: afrc
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Contextual Alternates: calt
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Discretionary Ligatures: dlig
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Demominators: dnom
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Fractions: frac
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Hangul*: hngl
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Historical Alternates*: hist
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Horizontal Kana Alternates†: hkna
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Italics†: ital
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