On 9 September 2013 06:57, Virgil Arrington <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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) I was already familiar with these fonts. But .... > 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 ... I was unaware of this possibility or ... > The Typography Toolbar extension makes its use easier. > > http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project/typo ... this really neat tool! Many, many thanks for bringing it to my attention, Virgil. (I stayed up way too late last night experimenting with it!) I think this tool should be built into LO. It is a lot more useful than some of the extensions which are already automatically included. -- T. R. Valentine A rich heart may be under a poor coat. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
