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Character-level tags
Attribute
Tag name
Tag abbr.
Examples and notes
Alternate glyph
cAlternateGlyph:Integer
caltg
<cAlternateGlyph:3>
Alternate glyphs for OpenType or Asian fonts such as Tekton
Pro MM appear in the Glyphs panel. In this example, 3
represents the third alternate glyph in the pop-up panel.
Auto pair kerning
cAutoPairKern:String
capk
<cAutoPairKern:Optical>
This tag can include Optical or Metrics (default).
Baseline shift
cBaselineShift:Real
cbs
<cBaselineShift:3>
This value can be between -5000 and 5000 points.
Case
cCase:Enum
ccase
<cCase:Small Caps>
Valid values include Small Caps, All Caps, Caps To Small
Caps, or Normal (default). Caps To Small Caps is an
OpenType font attribute.
Character alignment
cHang:Enum
ch
<cHang:Top>
Valid values include EmTop, EmCenter (default), EmBottom,
Baseline, ICFTop, and ICFBottom.
Character skew
cSkew:Real
csk
<cSkew:-25>
The value represents the percentage of character skew from
85 to -85 degrees.
Color: color tint
cColorTint:Real
cct
<cColorTint:80>
Specify a tint percentage.
Color: character fill
cColor:String or Color
Definition
cc
<cColor:Green> or <cColor:COLOR:RGB:Process: 0.5,1,0>
This tag can include tints, gradients, and unnamed colors.
The default color is Black.
Color: character stroke
cStrokeColor:String or Color
Definition
csc
<cStrokeColor:Green> or <cColor:COLOR:RGB:
Process:0.5,1,0>
This tag can include tints, gradients, and unnamed colors.
The default color is None.
Color: fill gradient angle
cGradientAngle:Real
cga
<cGradientAngle:-45>
Angle of linear gradient fill from -180 to 180 degrees.
Color: fill gradient center
cGradientCenter:Real,Real
cgc
<cGradientCenter:-145,-145>
This tag indicates the x and y values of the center point of a
radial gradient or the starting point of a linear gradient.
Color: fill gradient length
cGradientLength:Real
cgl
<cGradientLength:2>
This tag indicates the length of a linear gradient ramp or
radius of a radial gradient.
Color: stroke gradient angle
cStrokeGradientAngle:Real
csga
<cStrokeGradientAngle:-45>
Angle of linear gradient fill from -180 to 180 degrees.
Color: stroke gradient center
cStrokeGradientCenter:Real,R
eal
csgs
<cStrokeGradientCenter:-145,-145>
This tag indicates the x and y values of the center point of a
radial gradient or the starting point of a linear gradient.