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

On 06/10/2012 01:15 PM, Jay Lozier wrote:
> 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.

I did some looking and I think this font is what you want - or at least 
one of them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Libertine

The wiki page shows some of the numbers going below the line of text.  
Read the page.

Have Linux Libertine, Linux Libertine G, Linux Libertine O, Linux 
Biolium, etc., etc., installed.  The lower alignment numbers are in the 
Insert > Special Characters > Private Use Area, as far as I can see.

It is a Unicode font and free.

Plus they may come with the LO 3.5.4 installs.  If now, they are in most 
distros, so I have read.

As for other fonts, well, you will have to look for Unicode fonts with 
the extra glyphs for the "old style" numbers you are looking for.


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