About character sets and alternate glyphs

Typefaces include many characters beyond the standard keyboard set. Depending on the font, these can include ligatures, fractions, swashes, ornaments, ordinals, titling and stylistic alternates, superior and inferior characters, old-style figures, and lining figures.

A Glyph is a specific form of a character. For example, in some fonts, the capital letter A is available in several forms, such as swash and small-cap.

There are three ways to insert alternate glyphs:

• Selection In-Context menu: Lets you view and insert glyphs available for the currently selected character.
• Glyphs panel: Lets you view and insert glyphs from any typeface.
• OpenType panel: Lets you set up rules for using glyphs. Using the OpenType panel is easier than inserting Glyphs one at a time and ensuring a more consistent result.