Re: [xep-support] Features for OpenType Fonts

Sorry for the repetition. I was receiving e-mails that said "Delivery
Status Failed." Thank you for your response.

Lillian

On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 9:25 AM, Michael Sulyaev <msulyaev@renderx.com> wrote:
> Lillian Sullam wrote:
>>
>> I am using an OpenType font for my documents. I would like to set the
>> numbers within tables to "Tabular Lining" a variant in OpenType fonts.
>>
>> For example:
>> one.tab - tabular variant of one, used when default numerals are all
>> proportional.
>>
>> Different variants can be specified for different uses. I know there
>> is a "font-variant" for small-caps. Is there a way to declare a
>> "font-variant" of a value "tab" that could work in the same way?
>>
>> How does XEP support such capabilities of OpenType fonts?
>
> Hello Lillian,
>
> Your message appeared four times in the list, and it should have been
> dropped four times into your mailbox.
>
> According to Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) Version 1.1 Recommendation
> (http://www.w3.org/TR/xsl/#font-variant) the values for font-variant
> attribute are 'normal' and 'small-caps'. Thus you may not use this attribute
> for your purposes.
>
> However, you may try to declare a different font-family and use it instead,
> if there is a way to address proper metrics and outlines inside the font.
>
> Regards,
> Michael Sulyaev
> RenderX
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Received on Thu Oct 23 10:57:05 2008