All Caps [CPSP]

Case Sensitive Forms [CASE]

With both OpenType and other fonts, this function formats the text in uppercase. With OpenType fonts, it also applies ‘Case Sensitive Forms’ OpenType layout features for alternate uppercase positioning of punctuation, and spacing designed for all-cap use (not when text is typed in caps).

Contextual Alternates [CALT]

This feature substitutes a glyph or a combination of glyphs that only occur depending on what letters are nearby. For instance the sign ‘dash’ or ‘en-dash’ placed between two uppercase characters or two numbers will be replaced by its ‘uppercase’ version, slightly lifted up. This feature is usually on by default in Adobe applications.

 

Tabular Lining Figures [TNUM/LNUM]

Proportional Lining Fig. [PNUM/LNUM]]

Tabular figures are of equal width and only needed when figures must line up from one line to the next, as in a table. Proportional figures have varying widths. Lining figures are all the same height, similar to that of capital letters, and are needed for use with all-capital settings.

Standard Ligatures [LIGA]

Standard ligatures are glyphs which are designed to improve the kerning and readability of certain letter pairs. For example, when this feature is activated, typing ‘f’ and ‘i’ will automatically produce the ‘fi’ ligature.

Discretionary Ligatures [DLIG]

This features activates discretionary ligatures. It will activate all other 
designed ligatures that are not classified as standard ligatures.

Fractions [FRAC]

Turns on fractions. All OpenType fonts from Optimo have at least three basic pre-built fractions (1/2, 1/4, 3/4).

Ordinals [ORDN]

Replaces regular glyphs (not numerals) to with their matching superiors glyphs. All Optimo fonts have the masculine and feminine ordinals required for Spanish segunda/segundo (2a, 2o).

Slashed Zero [ZERO]

Originally created to avoid the confusion between the ‘0’ and the ‘O’, this feature substitutes all zeros in a selected text by a slashed form of the zero.

Numerator [NUMR]

Denominator [DNOM]

This feature will replace all styles of figures with their numerator or denominator alternates. These are the same glyphs that are used to create pre-build fractions, their vertical position remains within the capital letters height.

Superscript/Superior [SUPS]

Substitutes all figures and lowercase letters (if present) with their superior letterforms, wich can be used for footnotes references, etc. These designed glyphs match the weight of the regular letters and numbers, they are spaced more generously and therefore are more legible than scaled characters.

Subscript/Inferior [SINF]

Substitutes all figures with their inferiors letterforms, commonly used for chemical compounds, and as mathematical exponents. These designed glyphs match the weight of the regular letters and numbers, they are spaced more generously and therefore are more legible than scaled characters.

Stylistic Set 06 [SS06]

This feature will activate some alternative glyphs which can be activated by turning on ‘Stylistic Set 6’ in InDesign.

Stylistic Set 20 [SS20]

This feature will activate some alternative glyphs which can be activated by turning on ‘Stylistic Set 20’ in InDesign.

Stylistic Alternates [SALT]

Stylistic Set 1 [SS01]

This feature will activate some alternative glyphs which can be activated by turning on ‘Stylistic Alternates’ in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, or on the other hand by selecting ‘Stylistic Set 1’ in InDesign.

Stylistic Set 02 [SS02]

This feature will activate some alternative glyphs which can be activated by turning on ‘Stylistic Set 2’ in InDesign.