Operation Manual

126 Working with Text
Fonts with OpenType features
Microsoft Windows supplies OpenType and TrueType font types as standard.
You'll be able to spot these font types by their symbols ( and for OpenType
and TrueType, respectively) shown in your Font drop-down list on the Text
context toolbar, in the Text Style dialog, and in the fonts list in the Fonts tab.
To extend the capability of your installed font, PagePlus allows you to take
advantage of additional font features built into your font's design. These allow
font characters to be changed either via substitution rules or by manual choice.
As an example you may see extra glyphs, i.e. letter shape variations, appear on
the character.
Note that some fonts don't support additional font features, with others
supporting only a limited font features. This is dependent on how the font
designer has created the font originally. As an example, Windows Vista fonts
such as Constantia, Calibri, and Cambria possess limited OpenType font
features. However, if you're a professional PagePlus user and involved with
advanced typography, it's likely that you've already purchased and installed
professional fonts, allowing you to get the very best out of this feature.
Font-dependent features may include:
Ligatures
Replace a pair or triplet of characters
such as "fi" of "ffi" with a single glyph.
In this case it avoids the problem of the
dot of the "i" conflicting visually with
the hook of the "f". Discretionary
ligatures are not used as standard
because they are typically too ornate for
standard text, these are more decorative
in nature and, as the name implies, are
intended to be substituted manually.
Stylistic Sets/Stylistic Alternates
Stylistic sets can give you many options
of what you want the font to look like
and combine preset choices such as
which ligatures and alternates are
available by default. These can be
especially ornate or flowing versions of
a glyph (sometimes called "swash"
variants). This may be as simple as