Highlight alternate glyphs in the text, Ligatures and contextual alternates, Use ligatures and contextual alternates – Adobe Illustrator CS3 User Manual
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OpenType panel
A. Standard Ligatures B. Contextual Alternates C. Discretionary Ligatures D. Swash E. Stylistic Alternates F. Titling Alternates G. Ordinals
H. Fractions I. panel menu J. Figure type K. Character position
Note: Additional features may be available for Asian OpenType fonts.
You can access additional commands and options in the OpenType panel menu in the upper right corner of the
panel. For a video on working with the Glyphs panel and the Open Type panel, se
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See also
“Set Asian OpenType font attributes” on page 333
“Workspace overview” on page 14
Insert or replace a character using the Glyphs panel
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To insert a character, click with a type tool to place the insertion point where you want to enter the character, and
then double-click the character you want to insert in the Glyphs panel.
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To replace a character, choose Alternates For Current Selection from the Show pop-up menu, select a character in
your document using a type tool. Double-click a glyph in the Glyphs panel, if one is available.
Note: Additional replacement options are available for Asian glyphs.
Highlight alternate glyphs in the text
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Choose File > Document Setup, and choose Type from the pop-up menu at the top of the dialog box.
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Select Substituted Glyphs, and click
OK. Substituted glyphs in the text are highlighted.
Ligatures and contextual alternates
Ligatures are typographic replacement characters for certain letter pairs. Most fonts include ligatures for standard
letter pairs such as fi, fl, ff, ffi, and ffl. In addition, some fonts include discretionary ligatures for letter pairs such as
ct, st, and ft. Although the characters in ligatures appear to be joined, they are fully editable and do not cause the
spell checker to flag a word erroneously.
Contextual alternates are alternate characters included in some script typefaces to provide better joining behavior.
For example, when using Caflisch Script Pro with contextual alternates enabled, the letter pair “bl” in the word
“bloom” is joined so that it looks more like handwriting.
Use ligatures and contextual alternates
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Select the characters or type objects to which you want to apply the setting. If you don’t select any text, the setting
applies to new text you create.
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Make sure that an OpenType font is selected.
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