I have come across some fonts that have variations for titling, of which 'swash italics' (swoopy letters that look good in headlines but not in body text) is one... So, I can ask for lining figures without using this feature of the font stuff? On Feb 25, 2010, at 15:33 , John Daggett wrote: > David Singer wrote: >> Do variations such as lining figures, small caps, or swash italics, >> fall within this area? If so, I think it not unlikely that some >> fallback fonts will support those features. > > Lining figures and small caps are not font specific. Several of the > 'font-variant-alternates' values are font-specific but most other font > features are not, including kerning, ligatures, numerical formatting, > capitalization and CJK features. That's why the scope of possible > problems is somewhat limited I think. > > What do you mean precisely by "swash italics"? Swashes in the italic > face? If so, yes, those are font specific (see swash properties under > 'font-variant-alternates'. Not sure fallback fonts would typically > support swashes, websafe fonts don't appear to support much more > beyond ligatures. > > Cheers, > > John > David Singer Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple Inc.Received on Friday, 26 February 2010 00:26:34 UTC
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