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

On 06/10/2012 02:57 PM, webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote:
> 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.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goudy_Old_Style
looks like another one.



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