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 glyph for ffl replaces the sequence of glyphs f f l.įunction: This feature changes selected figures from oldstyle to the default lining form. This feature covers the ligatures which the designer/manufacturer judges should be used in normal conditions. The user enters 3/4 in a recipe and gets the threequarters fraction.įunction: Replaces a sequence of glyphs with a single glyph which is preferred for typographic purposes. In the string 11/17 selected by the user, the application turns the 17 into denominators when the user applies the fraction feature.įunction: Replaces figures separated by a slash with 'common' (diagonal) fractions.

The dashes, bracketing characters, guillemet quotes and the like shift up to match the capitals, and oldstyle figures change to lining figures.įunction: Replaces selected figures which follow a slash with denominator figures. 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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