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use the opentype panel to apply such
special characters as ligatures, true fractions,
ordinals, and stylistic alternatives.
To create a style based on any
Tip:
selected text, click the Create New
Style button in the Character Styles or
Paragraph Styles panel.
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OpenType support
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 may cause text to
reflow.
When working with OpenType fonts, you can automatically activate alter-
nate glyphs, such as ligatures, small capitals, fractions, and old style propor-
tional figures. In Illustrator, these options are available in the OpenType panel
(Window > Type > OpenType).
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Paragraph and character styles
In FreeHand, you text formatting is saved at the object level; Illustrator allows
you to save both paragraph styles and character styles to quickly apply them to
other text. If you modify a paragraph or character style, the changes affect all
text in the document with that style applied. A benefit of using styled text is that
you do not lose local formatting such as bold or italic when you update a style.
Converting text to paths
The Create Outlines command lets you turn type into a set of compound paths
that you can edit and manipulate as you would any other graphic object. When
you create outlines from type, characters are converted in their current posi-
tions; they retain all graphics formatting, such as stroke and fill.
For more information, see Working with Type in Illustrator CS2 on the Adobe
website (www.adobe.com/products/illustrator/pdfs/Text_in_AICS2.pdf).
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