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Character variants
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Variant forms of many characters can be chosen in the word-processor. For example, for [[primer (textbook)|primer]]-style 'a' and 'g', append <code>ss01=1</code> to the name of the font in the font-selection window.<ref name=features/> (Features are appended with a colon and linked with an ampersand – see images at right.) |
Variant forms of many characters can be chosen in the word-processor. For example, for [[primer (textbook)|primer]]-style 'a' and 'g', append <code>ss01=1</code> to the name of the font in the font-selection window.<ref name=features/> (Features are appended with a colon and linked with an ampersand – see images at right.) |
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Features that may be chosen include [[small capital]]s, primer-style 'a' and 'g', roman-style 'a' and 'g' in italic typeface, variant forms of capital 'Ŋ', large [[modifier letter apostrophe]] and [[saltillo (linguistics)|saltillo]], Vietnamese-style diacritics, Serbian-style italics (in Cyrillic), staveless [[tone letter]]s, [[old-style digit]]s, and automatic fractions.<ref name="features">{{Cite web |date=2015-09-17 |title=Font Features - Gentium |url=https://software.sil.org/gentium/features/ |access-date=2025-01-31 |website=software.sil.org |language=en-US}}</ref> |
Features that may be chosen include [[small capital]]s, primer-style 'a' and 'g', roman-style 'a' and 'g' in italic typeface, variant forms of capital 'Ŋ', large [[modifier letter apostrophe]] and [[saltillo (linguistics)|saltillo]], Vietnamese-style diacritics, Serbian-style italics (in Cyrillic), staveless [[tone letter]]s and [[old-style digit]]s. Small capitals, superscript and subscript are also available; they display better than HTML formatting and are distinct from the fractions triggered by the fraction slash U+2044.<ref name="features">{{Cite web |date=2015-09-17 |title=Font Features - Gentium |url=https://software.sil.org/gentium/features/ |access-date=2025-01-31 |website=software.sil.org |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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For version 6,2 and earlier, customized versions of the fonts that have these features preset can be created prior to download.<ref>[https://scripts.sil.org/ttw/fonts2go.cgi TypeTuner Web homepage]</ref> |
For version 6,2 and earlier, customized versions of the fonts that have these features preset can be created prior to download.<ref>[https://scripts.sil.org/ttw/fonts2go.cgi TypeTuner Web homepage]</ref> |
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