All Caps [CPSP]

Case Sensitive Forms [CASE]

With both OpenType and other fonts, this function formats the text in uppercase. With OpenType fonts, it also applies ‘Case Sensitive Forms’ OpenType layout features for alternate uppercase positioning of punctuation, and spacing designed for all-cap use (not when text is typed in caps).

Tabular Lining Figures [TNUM/LNUM]

Proportional Lining Fig. [PNUM/LNUM]]

Tabular figures are all of equal width. They are only needed when the figures must all line up from one line to the next, as in a table. Proportional figures have varying widths, just like most letters; each number has a width appropriate to its design. Lining figures are all the same height, usually similar to that of capital letters. They are needed for use with all-capital settings. Because some applications can’t have access to this feature, tabular figures is the default choice for Optimo fonts.

Standard Ligatures [LIGA]

Standard ligatures are glyphs which are designed to improve the kerning and readability of certain letter pairs. For example, when this feature is activated, typing ‘f’ and ‘i’ will automatically produce the ‘fi’ ligature.

Fractions [FRAC]

Turns on fractions. All OpenType fonts from Optimo have at least three basic pre-built fractions (1/2, 1/4, 3/4).

Ordinals [ORDN]

Replaces regular glyphs (not numerals) to with their matching superiors glyphs. All Optimo fonts have the masculine and feminine ordinals required for Spanish segunda/segundo (2a, 2o).

Contextual Alternates [CALT]

This feature substitutes a glyph or a combination of glyphs that only occur depending on what letters are nearby. For instance the letter ‘x’ placed after a number will be replaced by the ‘multiplication’ glyph. If the font has arrows, you will be able to display them by typing a combination of letter on your keyboard like ‘hyphen + greater-than’ or ‘hyphen + less-than.’ This feature is usually on by default in Adobe applications and QuarkXpress.