This feature replaces the default forms with the stylistic alternates. As in the case of swash glyphs, there may be more than one alternate form. The user inputs the ampersand character when setting text with Poetica with this feature active, and is presented with a choice of the 63 ampersand forms in that face.įunction: Many fonts contain alternate glyph designs for a purely esthetic effect these don't always fit into a clear category like swash or historical. Note that there may be more than one swash alternate for a given character. In Caflisch Script, o is replaced by o.alt2 when followed by an ascending letterform.įunction: This feature replaces default character glyphs with corresponding swash glyphs. Used in script typefaces which are designed to have some or all of their glyphs join. The user applies this feature to text to enable localized Bulgarian forms of Cyrillic letters alternatively, the feature might enable localized Russian forms in a Bulgarian manufactured font in which the Bulgarian forms are the default characters.įunction: In specified situations, replaces default glyphs with alternate forms which provide better joining behavior. This feature enables localized forms of glyphs to be substituted for default forms. In some cases the localized form differs only subtly from the script 'norm', in others the forms are radically distinct. For example, a number of letters in the Bulgarian and Serbian alphabets have forms distinct from their Russian counterparts and from each other. The glyph for ffl replaces the sequence of glyphs f f l.įunction: Many scripts used to write multiple languages over wide geographical areas have developed localized variant forms of specific letters, which are used by individual literary communities.

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. Function: Replaces figures separated by a slash with 'common' (diagonal) fractions.

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