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What are OpenType typographic features?

April 26, 2017features opentype typographic

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What are OpenType typographic features?

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OpenType fonts can have some amazing features in them to create high quality typographic effects. The features may include oldstyle figures, true small capitals, fractions, superiors, inferiors, ligatures, swashes, titling letters, contextual alternates and stylistic alternates. Note: every font OpenType font is different, and may not have all these features. What programs support OpenType typographic features? To use an OpenType font that contains advanced typographic features you must have an OpenType-savvy application. Examples include Adobe Creative Suite, QuarkXPress, Melell, and iWork. Each application varies in the OpenType features they support, and how you access the features.