OpenType characters missing?

[sjsissjs]

Hello,

I was looking through MainType (2.1.1) for a good typeface with small caps, text figures, the lot of enhanced features. One that I thought should have them is Palatino Linotype in OpenType, yet none of these characters are apparent in MainType. However, when I looked at the Glyph panel in InDesign CS4, all of these characters showed up, along with a few extra ligatures and some other characters. Is there something I missed, or something I need to do to deliver these characters in MainType?

My machine: PC running WinXP.

Thanks,

Steve Sprague

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

No, you're not missing anything. MainType doesn't display the glyphs that use OpenType glyph substitutions because they are not mapped.

You could try my Pali font instead. It has OpenType features, but I also map the Small Caps glyphs so that I can use them in programs that don't support OpenType features.

Typeface Sample