Set alternate stylisticset as the default style

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samy
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Set alternate stylisticset as the default style

Post by samy »

Hello,
I have fonts that have an alternate stylistics in the open type features.
Is there a way to set the alternate stylistics as the default style
(that will run automatically on any software even without setting the specific stylistics?)

Thank you!
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Re: Set alternate stylisticset as the default style

Post by Bhikkhu Pesala »

It would probably be difficult, depending on the font.

In a font with stylistic sets, not all glyphs from A-Z and a-z may have alternate glyphs. Only if the sets contain a full 52 characters will they work as the default set.
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Re: Set alternate stylisticset as the default style

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samy wrote: Fri Jun 25, 2021 1:17 am Hello,
I have fonts that have an alternate stylistics in the open type features.
Is there a way to set the alternate stylistics as the default style
(that will run automatically on any software even without setting the specific stylistics?)
If your fonts has the alternates defined in salt, then you can change the feature tag to rlig, which is required ligatures. Then it will be applied in all software, assuming they support OpenType layout features of course.
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Re: Set alternate stylisticset as the default style

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Erwin Denissen wrote: Fri Jun 25, 2021 6:37 am
samy wrote: Fri Jun 25, 2021 1:17 am Hello,
I have fonts that have an alternate stylistics in the open type features.
Is there a way to set the alternate stylistics as the default style
(that will run automatically on any software even without setting the specific stylistics?)
If your fonts has the alternates defined in salt, then you can change the feature tag to rlig, which is required ligatures. Then it will be applied in all software, assuming they support OpenType layout features of course.
Thank you!
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Is there a way to do this on many fonts in one action?
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