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OpenType 

Presented by 

Noha Edell 

Adobe Systems Incorporated 

Business Development Manager 

Creative Pro, Core Business Sales 

North America 

Why OpenType? 

Adobe has converted the entire Adobe Type Library into this format, offering you 

thousands of OpenType fonts from which to choose. 

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Cross Platform 

The OpenType® font format was developed jointly by Adobe and Microsoft to 

work on both Macintosh and Windows platforms. 

More than 65,000 Possible Glyphs Per Font 

A single font file may contain many nonstandard glyphs, such as old-style 

figures, true small capitals, fractions, swashes, superiors, inferiors, titling letters, 

contextual and stylistic alternates, and a full range of ligatures. 

Expanded Character Sets and Layout Capabilities 

OpenType fonts can include an expanded character set and layout features, 

providing more precise typographic control. OpenType fonts can be installed 

and used alongside PostScript Type 1 and TrueType fonts. 

Multi-Language Support 

Based on Unicode, an international multi-byte character encoding that covers 

virtually all of the world’s languages, OpenType fonts make multilingual 

typography easier by including multiple language character sets in one font. 

1 InDesign CS3 – OpenType


Tools of the Trade 

OpenType features are accessed from: 

• Control Panel menu 

(when the Type tool is selected) 

• Character panel options menu 

• Character Styles and 

Paragraph Styles dialogs 

• Glyphs panel 

Glyphs 

When you create new Custom Glyph Sets, they can now be saved as external files 

and shared. The Glyphs panel features a fly-out menu with new sorting options, and 

a context menu that lets you load a Glyph into the Find/Change dialog . 

Saved Glyph Sets 

appear in the Show 

menu. Sharing 

Glyph Sets can 

help maintain 

consistency 

between related 

documents. 

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OpenType fonts from Adobe 

that include support for central 

European (CE) languages 

include the word “Pro,” as 

part of the font name. 

OpenType fonts that don’t 

contain central European 

language support are 

labeled “Standard,” and 

have an “Std” suffix. 

Recently Used 

Glyphs are 

displayed at 

the top of the 

panel. 

Where Glyph Sets are stored: 

Glyphs can now be sorted by GID / CID or 

Unicode from the panel fly-out or context 

menu to aid in finding a particular Glyph. 

Mac OS: Users\[username]\Library\Preferences\Adobe InDesign\[Version]\Glyph Sets 

Windows XP: Documents and Settings\[username]\Application Data\Adobe\InDesign\ 

[Version]\Glyph Sets 

Windows Vista: Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\InDesign\[Version]\ 

Glyph Sets 



Glyph Search 

Find/Change can now search for and replace Glyphs. For instance, you can find all 

smiley-face symbols in a document and change them to stars, without having to 

remember key commands assigned to the symbols in their respective fonts. 

Find/Change 

Glyph 

You can use the context menu in the 

Glyphs’ panel to Load Glyph in Find and 

automatically open the Find/Change 

dialog with the Glyph information 

already entered. 

Font Family Menu–FIND 

Only fonts used in the 

document are shown in the 

Font Family menu for FIND. 

ID: 

Unicode or GID/CID 

values are displayed 

when you select a Glyph. 

They can also be typed 

into the fields and used 

as search criteria. 

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You cannot apply formatting to a 

Glyph during Find/Change. If you 

want to change the color, as well 

as the Glyph, it must be done as a 

separate Find/Change operation. 

Font Family Menu–CHANGE 

All fonts currently activated 

on your computer are shown 

in the Font Family menu for 

Change. 

Search Menu 

Choose to search all open 

documents, the currently 

active document or the 

selected story. Then use the 

icons beneath the menu to 

fine-tune the search. 

Glyph Fly-Out Menu 

Use the Glyph menu to find 

Glyphs visually. Double-click a 

Glyph to choose it for either the 

Find or Change criteria. 



OpenType Features 

From the Control panel or Character panel menu, you can choose one of the 

following features from the OpenType submenu. OpenType fonts vary greatly in 

the number of type styles and kinds of features they offer. If an OpenType feature is 

unavailable, it is surrounded in square brackets (such as [Swash]) in the menu. 

Standard Ligatures 

Typographic replacements for certain pairs of 

characters, such as fi, fl, ff, ffi, and ffl – they are 

fully editable and do not cause the spelling 

checker to flag a word erroneously. 

Feature OFF 

fluffy 

Feature ON 

fluffy 

Discretionary Ligatures 

Typographic replacement characters for letter 

pairs, such as ct, st, and ft. 

octopus octopus 

Fractions 

Automatically formats fractions when numbers 

are separated by a slash. 1/2 1/2 

Ordinal 

Automatically formats ordinal numbers (such as 

1st and 2nd) with superscript characters. 3rd 3rd 

Swash 

Stylized letterforms with extended strokes 

(exaggerated flourishes). Glass Glass 

Titling Alternatives 

Formats characters (usually all in caps) designed 

for use in large sizes with sometimes subtle 

changes in weight and spacing, such as titles. 

APPLY APPLY 

Contextual Alternates 

Alternative characters included in some script 

typefaces to provide better joining behavior. bloom bloom 

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If text is selected when you 

choose an OpenType feature 

from the Control panel menu, 

the feature is applied to the 

selected text. If no text is selected, 

the OpenType feature applies 

to new text you create. 

All Small Caps 

When fonts include real small caps, selecting this 

option turns characters into small caps. 

Hour Hour 

Slashed Zero 

Displays the number 0 with a diagonal slash 

through it. 

0 0 



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Additional Glyphs, such as 

ornaments, symbols for 

currency or math, and 

alternate stylistic characters 

(including accented characters 

used in European languages) 

can be inserted from the 

Glyphs panel. Available options 

are listed in the Show menu. 

Stylistic Sets 

A group of glyph alternates that can be applied 

one character at a time or to a range of text for 

aesthetic effect. 

Positional Forms 

For use with some cursive scripts or languages 

(such as Arabic) to change the appearance of a 

letter, depending on its position inside a word 

(as with the f and k at the start and end of flank). 

Superscript/Superior & 

Subscript/Inferior 

Raised or lowered glyphs that are sized correctly 

relative to surrounding characters. 

Numerator & 

Denominator 

For use with non-standard fractions that are not 

included in the OpenType font. 

Tabular Lining 

For use where figures must line up (as in a table 

or tabulated figures)–the same width is provided 

for all figures. 

Feature OFF 

Hypatia 

flank 

x2 H2O 

Feature ON 

Hypatia 

flank 

x2 H2O 

29/100 29/100 

523 

111 

523 

111 

Proportional Oldstyle 

Varying-height figures with varying widths (best 

with text that does not use all caps). 

15267 15267 

Proportional Lining 

Full-height figures with varying widths (best 

with text that uses all caps). 

15267 15267 

Tabular Oldstyle 

Varying-height figures with fixed, equal widths– 

for use where numbers must line up. 

523 

111 

523 

111 

Default Figure Style 

Figure glyphs use the default figure style of the 

current font. 

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Learn & Play 

http://www.adobe.com/type/opentype 

View a movie. Download the OpenType 

User Guide and other informative PDFs. 

Search for and preview OpenType fonts. 

http://www.words-at-play.com 

http://www.unicode.org/standard/WhatIsUnicode.html 

The official Unicode web site tells the whole story. 

Learn and play at the same time. Pull 

letters to spell “Words At Play” and 

experiment to your hearts content. 

Watch as faces are created from 

OpenType glyphs, and learn about the 

characters behind the scenes. 

http://blogs.adobe.com/typblography/2007/04/indesign_cs3_ne.html#more 

For more information on new OpenType features, see the Thomas Phinney’s blog. 

http://www.indesignusergroup.com/learning_center 

Find videos, books, magazines, podcasts and more to help increase your efficiency 

and effectiveness in InDesign. 

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Download the CS3 User Guide 

and Workflow Guide from Adobe 

Bridge Home. 

Remember that InDesign Help 

is only a few clicks away. 

It is accessed from the 

InDesign Help menu.

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