[BEST IF VIEWED AS HTML MESSAGE] A number of fonts support ligatures and true small caps, e.g. Linux Libertine, some Adobe expert fonts. (A ligature is when two or more distinct letters or characters are collapsed into a single glyph:
Et & <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%26> U+0026 ſs, ss ß <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9F> U+00DF AE, ae Æ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86>, æ U+00C6, U+00E6 OE, oe Œ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%92>, œ U+0152, U+0153 IJ, ij IJ, ij U+0132, U+0133 ct ? ue ᵫ U+1D6B ff ff U+FB00 fi fi U+FB01 fj ? fl fl U+FB02 ft ? ffi ffi U+FB03 ffl ffl U+FB04 fft ? ſt ſt U+FB05 st st U+FB06 InDesign cleverly stores words such as 'office', 'piffle', 'cast', 'fact', etc. as sequences of single letters internally but renders them with the ligatures ffi, ffl, st, ct, etc. on the display. When the cursor is placed on one of these ligature glyphs, the display separates into single letters to allow correction, forced hyphenation, etc. and also separates when a word has to be divided with a hyphen at the end of a fully justified line. Adobe expert fonts and OTF (Open Type Format) fonts also support true small caps that have the correct stroke weight, unlike faux small caps that are derived by shrinking true capitals, thus accounting for the spindly appearance of the thinned-down strokes. Can anyone tell me whether FrameMaker v. 9 supports ligatures and small caps?** I am working on a publication using the OpenType packaging of Linux Libertine (font name 'Linux Libertine O') but FM will not render ligatures and small caps correctly. Now if Adobe's InDesign product (which I do not have) can manage this, why not FM, especially now that Unicode support has been added. If you are viewing the HTML version of this message, you will note in the table above that even my crummy email client can do ligatures. Regards, Hedley ** There is a utility that converts a TrueType or OpenType font to a set consisting of regular plus expert PostScript fonts. A FrameMaker plug-in then allows you to search for groups of letters normally rendered as ligatures and replace them with the ligature glyphs as the last step before generating a PDF for your printer. But you have to remember to do this on a copy of the publication or have a good version management system that allows you to roll back to a previous version! -- Hedley Finger 28 Regent Street Camberwell VIC 3124 Australia Tel. +61 3 9809 1229 Fax. (call phone first) Mob. (cell) +61 412 461 558 Email. "Hedley Finger" <hfin...@handholding.com.au> -- Hedley Finger 28 Regent Street Camberwell VIC 3124 Australia Tel. +61 3 9809 1229 Fax. (call phone first) Mob. (cell) +61 412 461 558 Email. "Hedley Finger" <hfin...@handholding.com.au> _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.