Opentype Character Features; To View Text Using The Operating System Layout; About Opentype Fonts - Adobe PHOTOSHOP CS2 User Manual

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To view text using the operating system layout

The System Layout command lets you preview text using the operating system's default text handling. This is useful
when designing user interface elements, such as dialog boxes and menus.
Choose System Layout from the Character palette menu to turn system layout on or off. A check mark next to
System Layout in the Character palette menu indicates that the option is selected.
About missing fonts
If a document uses fonts not installed on your system, you see an alert message when you open it. Photoshop
indicates which fonts are missing and substitutes missing fonts with available matching fonts. When this happens,
you can select the text and apply any other available font.

OpenType character features

About OpenType fonts

The OpenType font standard was developed jointly by Adobe and Microsoft, and it brings the advantages of the
PostScript Type 1 and TrueType font formats into a new format that takes advantage of Unicode character encoding.
OpenType fonts use a single font file for both Windows and Macintosh computers, so you can move files from one
platform to another without worrying about font substitution and other problems that cause text to reflow.
When working with an OpenType font, you can automatically substitute alternate glyphs, such as ligatures, small
capitals, fractions, and old style proportional figures, in your text. For Japanese OpenType fonts, you can use
ligatures, discretionary ligatures, Fractions Japanese 78, Japanese Expert, Japanese Traditional, Proportional Metrics,
Kana, and italics if the font provides them. In Photoshop, these options are in the Character palette menu.
Substituting alternate glyphs in Adobe Garamond Pro
OpenType fonts may include an expanded character set and layout features to provide richer linguistic support and
advanced typographic control. Feature-rich OpenType fonts from Adobe with support for central European (CE)
languages can be distinguished by the word "Pro, " which is part of the font name and appears in application font
menus. OpenType fonts that don't contain central European language support are labeled "Standard, " and are desig­
nated by an "Std" suffix in the fonts' menu names. All OpenType fonts can also be installed and used alongside
PostScript Type 1 and TrueType fonts.