Show or hide nonprinting characters, Formatting paragraphs, Paragraph panel overview – Adobe Illustrator CS3 User Manual
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In the OpenType panel, do any of the following:
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Click the Standard Ligatures button to enable or disable ligatures for standard letter pairs (such as fi, fl, ff, ffi, and
ffl).
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Click the Discretionary Ligatures button to enable or disable optional ligatures (if available in the current font).
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Click the Contextual Alternates button to enable or disable contextual alternates (if available in the current font).
See also
“OpenType panel overview” on page 317
Use swashes, titling alternates, or stylistic alternates
Many OpenType fonts include stylized characters that let you add decorative elements to type. Swashes are characters
with exaggerated flourishes. Titling alternates are characters (usually all in capitals) designed for use in large-size
settings, such as titles. Stylistic alternates are stylized characters that create a purely esthetic effect.
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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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In the OpenType panel, do one of the following:
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Click the Swash button to enable or disable swash characters (if available in the current font).
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Click the Stylistic Alternates button to enable or disable stylistic alternates (if available in the current font).
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Click the Titling Alternates button to enable or disable titling alternates (if available in the current font).
See also
“OpenType panel overview” on page 317
Show or hide nonprinting characters
Nonprinting characters include hard returns (line breaks), soft returns (line breaks), tabs, spaces, nonbreaking
spaces, double-byte characters (including spaces), discretionary hyphens, and the end-of-text character.
To make the characters visible as you format and edit type, choose Type > Show Hidden Characters. A
check
mark
indicates that nonprinting characters are visible.
Formatting paragraphs
Paragraph panel overview
You use the Paragraph panel (Window
> Type > Paragraph) to change the formatting of columns and paragraphs.
When type is selected or when the Type tool is active, you can also use options in the Control panel to format
paragraphs.