Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer: Fake vs. Real Superscripts in advanced fonts

"cuyfalls",

I may not have your discerning eye, but using LO v7.0.3.1 on a Fedora 
v33 box, when I check the automatically converted superscript with one 
that is created manually by selecting the ordinal abbreviation and 
changing it to a superscript they look identical for me. I checked two 
different fonts. My OCD may not be as intense as yours.  :-)

Could be a difference in LO releases or operation system fonts (?).

~~R
StGeorge  


On 12/6/20 1:56 PM, Michael H wrote:
> What you're looking for is the autocorrect autoreplacements table.
>
> Tools --> Autocorrect --> Autocorrect Options.
>
> Turn off the fake ordinals on the Localized options tab.
>
> Then you can add entries in the Replace tab for the values you want, like
> 1st -> 1ˢᵗ.
>
> There may be a way to introduce a character style method with this table,
> so that copy/paste won't produce weirdness like the ordinal glyphs might if
> the pasted field doesn't have ordinals in the active font, but this is
> where you'd do it.
>
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 6, 2020 at 2:56 PM Cuyahoga Falls <cuyfalls@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I have a question dealing with one of the advanced features of today's
> > fonts: superscripts.
> >
> > Using LO, one can automatically get ordinal numbers using the
> > Autocorrect feature. Type 1st and the "st" is automatically converted to
> > a superscript. However, the superscript is an artificially created
> > superscript where the "st" is shrunken and raised. The stroke weight is
> > correspondingly reduced resulting in a superscript that looks
> > disproportionately light when compared to other letters.
> >
> > Today's modern fonts have better technology. Many fonts have built in
> > superscript glyphs that are properly sized and weighted. LO can access
> > these features graphically through the "features" option in the Format >
> > Character dialog (or "Font" tab in paragraph or character style
> > dialogs). If I click on the "features" option, and select "superscript,"
> > LO will insert an additional code in the font name that will call the
> > properly designed glyphs. Thus, for example, "Sitka Text" becomes "Sitka
> > Text:sups" and the superscript inserted is properly sized and weighted.
> > I can get the same effect by typing the appropriate code in the font
> > name box rather than selecting from the graphical menu of optional
> > "features" in the character style dialog.
> >
> > The typographic benefit is that, by selecting the advanced superscript
> > of the font, one gets a true superscript that is not just shrunken
> > letters with reduced stroke weight. The stroke weight remains consistent
> > with the weight of the normally sized font. As an OCD challenged font
> > freak, I prefer using the true superscripts rather than the artificially
> > produced shrunken superscripts, which brings me to my question.
> >
> > As far as I can tell, LO's automatic insertion of ordinal superscripts
> > using the Autocorrect function always inserts artificially generated and
> > shrunken superscripts rather than the true properly proportioned
> > superscripts contained within advanced fonts. Is there a way of
> > directing the Autocorrect function to use proper superscripts if they
> > are available rather than always creating artificially shrunken ordinal
> > superscripts?
> >
> > It's a bit of a pain to have to manually reformat each ordinal number to
> > use the proper superscript. Even if I use character styles, that is
> > still more labor intensive than simply typing "1st" and spacebar and
> > getting the desired effect. If I could direct the Autocorrect function
> > to select true superscripts rather than artificially generated
> > superscripts, that would be great.
> >
> > For what it's worth, I'm using LO 6.3.4.2 on Windows 10.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Virgil
> >
> >
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