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

Here ia a list of some of the fonts that do what you want.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old-style_figures



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