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| - | ====== Create Alternates ====== | ||
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| - | Alternates provides a way to put several glyphs on the same Unicode character and selecting which glyph that should be displayed when the font is used. | ||
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| - | {{:select_source_for_alternate_glyph.png?400|}} | ||
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| - | 1. Open the overview tab and select the character you want to create an alternate for. | ||
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| - | 2. Click on the alternate button in the lower left corner. | ||
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| - | {{:select_type_of_alternate.png?400|}} | ||
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| - | 3. Click on Stylistic Alternate (salt) in order to create a new alternate glyph. | ||
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| - | 4. Select a name for the new glyph. In this example was &.alt used as the name for the alternative ampersand sign. | ||
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| - | {{:create_alternate_glyph.png?400|}} | ||
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| - | 5. Draw the new variation. | ||
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| - | ===== Using Alternates ===== | ||
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| - | The HTML preview file contains examples of how you select which alternate that should be displayed when the font is used on the web. | ||
| - | (Ctrl+P or Command+P) | ||