One exception to the follows-a-figure rule is the numero character (U+2116), which is actually a ligature substitution, but is best accessed through this feature. Various characters designed to be used with figures may also have oldstyle versions.įunction: Replaces default alphabetic glyphs with the corresponding ordinal forms for use after figures. The user invokes this feature to get oldstyle figures, which fit better into the flow of normal upper- and lowercase text. In cases where lining figures are the default form, this feature would undo previous substitutions.įunction: This feature changes selected figures from the default lining style to oldstyle form. Various characters designed to be used with figures may also be covered by this feature. The user invokes this feature in order to get lining figures, which fit better with all-capital text. The dashes, bracketing characters, guillemet quotes and the like shift up to match the capitals, and oldstyle figures change to lining figures.įunction: This feature changes selected figures from oldstyle to the default lining form. The user selects a block of text and applies this feature.

Also, lining figures are the same height (or close to it) as capitals, and fit much better with all-capital text. Some characters should be shifted vertically to fit the higher visual center of all-capital or lining text. By default, glyphs in a text face are designed to work with lowercase characters.

Function: Shifts various punctuation marks up to a position that works better with all-capital sequences or sets of lining figures also changes oldstyle figures to lining figures.

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