Using OpenType


Instead of the paltry 256 glyphs (characters) in ordinary fonts, OpenType fonts can have thousands of glyphs. InDesign has special commands that help you get the most out of OpenType fonts. For instance, you can set the commands to automatically swap ordinary characters with special OpenType glyphs.

To set automatic OpenType alternate characters:

1.

Select the text.

Tip

OpenType features can be applied to all the text in a document or just part of the text.

2.

Choose Type > Character to open the Character palette.

3.

Choose the options from the OpenType submenu in the Character palette menu. InDesign automatically swaps characters with the alternate glyphs in each category . (See the chart on pages 413 414 for a description of the various OpenType categories and how they should be used.)

As you add more letters to an OpenType font, the previous letters change.

You can also manually choose alternate glyphs for each character in the font.

To choose the alternate glyphs:

1.

Select the character in the text.

2.

Choose Type > Insert Glyphs to open the Glyphs palette.

3.

Press the triangle next to the selected character in the palette . The alternate glyphs for the selection appear.

Press a character or letter with a triangle to see the alternate glyphs.

4.

Choose one of the alternate characters. This replaces the selected text with the alternate character in the Glyphs palette.

You can also set the Glyphs palette to display just certain categories of glyphs.

To view certain categories in the Glyphs palette:

1.

Press the Show list in the Glyphs palette.

2.

Choose the category of OpenType characters that you want to display .

The Show list in the Glyphs palette lets you choose to see the categories of specialized glyphs.

Tip

Not all OpenType fonts contain all the possible glyph features. So the Show list will display different categories depending on the OpenType font chosen. (See the chart starting on the next page for examples of how to use the OpenType categories.)



InDesign CS2 for Macintosh and Windows(c) Visual QuickStart Guide
InDesign CS4 for Macintosh and Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide
ISBN: 0321573579
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 309
Authors: Sandee Cohen

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