Re: [libreoffice-users] any standard fonts offering old style numbers???

On 06/10/2012 11:41 AM, Brian Barker wrote:
> At 15:13 07/06/2012 -0400, webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote:
> > On 06/07/2012 01:12 PM, Rogier F. van Vlissingen wrote:
> > > Does anyone know if there are any 'standard' fonts that offer old
> > > style numbers????
> >
> > What do you call "old style numbers"?
>
> By "old style numbers" he probably means old-style numbers!  These are
> numerals which are like lower case letters, some of regular ("x")
> height and others with either ascenders or descenders.  These contrast
> with the numerals generally used these days, which behave like capital
> letters: they are all of consistent full height.
>
> See
> http://fontfeed.com/archives/figuring-it-out-osf-lf-and-tf-explained/ .
>
> I trust this helps.
>
> Brian Barker
I did a quick check of the Special Characters available for a few fonts.
The numbers looked like they designed to have the same feel as the
letters for each font. So my guess is that some will but many will not
have the "old style numbers".

Looking through the fonts on my system I found several that had old
style numbers; mostly serif or italic fonts.

-- 
Jay Lozier
jslozier@gmail.com


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