Jonathan wrote,
I think the avoidance of true small caps and old style numbering has more
to
do with the practice of font creators, most of whom omit these features.
That might be true for FLOSS font creators. It is not true for the
foundries whose fonts are in the 4+ digit price range.
Actually, some standard OpenType fonts come with some expert glyphs
standard. For example, Palatino Linotype is a standard Windows font, free
with the OS. It includes true small caps and old style numbering in the
standard font. Problem is, most programs, LO included, can't access these
effects. Last I checked, Word can access the old style numbers, but not the
true small caps. Adobe InDesign (at mucho bucks) can access them all. One of
the advantages of Tex/LaTeX/XeTeX is its ability to access expert glyphs of
various fonts.
However, LO has one wonderful advantage. The free font, Linux Libertine G,
has many expert effects, and LO can access them all. It's an excellent
typeface, and so far, the latest LO stable version, 4.0.5, seems to work
very well with it. (Despite its "Linux" name, the font works just as well in
Windows.)
http://www.numbertext.org/linux/ (Libertine has an equally excellent
companion sans-serif font, Linux Bolinium G)
Using the advanced features requires adding extensions to the font name,
such as "Linux Libertine G:onum=1" to use old style numbers. Various
extensions are separated by the ampersand (&). It can be a little cumbersome
at first, but there is an excellent guide at:
www.numbertext.org/linux/fontfeatures.pdf
The Typography Toolbar extension makes its use easier.
http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project/typo
Virgil
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