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| Install an OpenType font. |
| Drag the OpenType font file into the Fonts folder within your InDesign 2.0 folder to make the font available to InDesign. To make the font available to other applications, install it using a version of Adobe Type Manager that supports OpenType fonts (version 4.1 later for Windows; version 4.6 or later for Mac OS). Mac OS X, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 have built-in support for OpenType fonts; in Windows, install them using the Fonts control panel. |
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| InDesign comes with several high-quality OpenType fonts, including Adobe Garamond Pro, Adobe Caslon Pro, and Caflisch Script Pro. All the information required for Adobe OpenType fonts is contained in a single file with an “.otf” suffix. The same font file can be installed in Windows and Mac OS. |
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| Apply swashes. |
| Choose an OpenType font in the Character palette, and then choose OpenType > Swash from the palette menu. A check mark appears before Swash the next time you open the menu. If the OpenType font includes swash information, regular and contextual swashes will appear as you type in the font. To apply swashes to existing text, select it with the type tool, apply an OpenType font, and enable swashes. Typically, swashes are most obvious in capital letters and flourishes at the end of a word. |
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| Square brackets around a feature indicate that it is not available for the current font. |
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| Apply discretionary ligatures. |
| With an OpenType font chosen, Choose OpenType > Discretionary Ligatures from the Character palette menu. When this option is enabled, InDesign applies any ornate or historical ligatures that are included in the font’s design, but that are off by default. The ligatures appear as you type in the font, or to apply them to existing text, select it with the type tool and enable discretionary ligatures. |
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| Ligatures are stylistic pairs of characters that replace the usual characters. Whether you’re using regular ligatures or discretionary ligatures in OpenType fonts, you can edit and spell-check the text as easily as you could without them. |
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