Adobe InDesign CS3 - Manual (Page 217)

INDESIGN CS3
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Positional Forms In some cursive scripts and in languages such as Arabic, what a character looks like can depend on
its position inside a word. The character may change form when it appears at the start (initial position), middle
(medial position), or end (final position) of a word, and it may change form as well when it appears alone (isolated
position). Select a character and choose a Positional Forms option to format it correctly. The General Form option
inserts the common character; the Automatic Form option inserts a form of the character according to where the
character is located in the word and whether the character appears in isolation.
Superscript/Superior & Subscript/Inferior Some OpenType fonts include raised or lowered glyphs that are sized
correctly relative to the surrounding characters. If an OpenType font doesn’t include these glyphs for non-standard
fractions, consider using the Numerator and Denominator attributes.
Numerator & Denominator Some OpenType fonts convert only basic fractions (such as 1/2 or 1/4) to fraction glyphs,
not non-standard fractions (such as 4/13 or 99/100). Apply Numerator and Denominator attributes to these non-
standard fractions in such cases.
Tabular Lining Same widths are provided for full-height figures. This option is appropriate in situations where
numbers need to line up from one line to the next, as in tables.
Proportional Oldstyle Varying-height figures with varying widths are provided. This option is recommended for a
classic, sophisticated look in text that doesn’t use all caps.
Proportional Lining Full-height figures with varying widths are provided. This option is recommended for text that
uses all caps.
Tabular Oldstyle Varying-height figures with fixed, equal widths are provided. This option is recommended when
you want the classic appearance of old-style figures, but you need them to align in columns, as in an annual report.
Default Figure Style Figure glyphs use the default figure style of the current font.
Work with missing fonts
When you open or place documents that include fonts not installed on your system, an alert message appears,
indicating which fonts are missing. If you select text that uses a missing font, the Character panel or Control panel
indicates that this font is missing by displaying it in brackets in the font style pop-up menu.
InDesign substitutes missing fonts with an available font. When this happens, you can select the text and apply any
other available font. Missing fonts for which others have been substituted will appear at the top of the Type > Font
menu in a section marked “Missing Fonts.” By default, text formatted with missing fonts appears in pink
highlighting.
If a TrueType font is installed and the document contains a Type 1 (T1) version of the same font, the font is displayed
as missing.
You can choose Type > Find Font to find and change missing fonts. If a missing font is part of a style, you can update
the font in that style by changing its style definition.
See also
“Find and change fonts” on page 145
“Installing fonts” on page 206
Make missing fonts available
❖ Do any of the following:
• Install the missing fonts on your system.