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<A(\#68Base text\#36<@><Character attributes><\#9Rubi
text\#132,50,C,A,0,2,B,T)>
The contents of this tag are as follows:
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<A()> encloses the tag.
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/#68 and /#36 mark the beginning and end of the base text.
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<@><Character attributes> lets you style the rubi text (see "Character
attributes").
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\#n marks the beginning of the rubi text, where n = the number of rubi characters
(in the above example, 9).
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\#132 marks the end of the rubi text and the beginning of the rubi positioning
codes.
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50 is a percentage of the base font size.
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C is alignment, where L = left, C = center, R = right, J = justified, F = forced, O =
1–2–1 (JIS) rule, and E = equal space.
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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.
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0 is horizontal offset of the rubi in points.
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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.
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B is placement relative to base text, where A = Above and B = below.
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T is auto alignment, where T = true and F = false.
Group characters
Character grouping lets you group horizontal characters in a vertical text story. 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.
Group character tags use the following form:
<A(\#72ABC\#40<t–10h80>)>
The contents of this tag are as follows:
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<A()> encloses the tag.
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/#72 and /#40 mark the beginning and end of the grouped characters.
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<t–10h80> are applications of tracking and horizontal scaling (see "Character
attributes").
Font sets
Font sets let you specify a group of fonts to be applied to different types of text in a
text run.
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