JeremyTankard Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 I've noticed that Affinity Publisher isn't processing the OpenType CALT feature as other applications do (Adobe and Mac OS). It appears that a root glyph in the OT feature code is processed but an alternate glyph is ignored. So in the example at https://recordit.co/rRfGqmvvwA the long tailed R should swao to a different R glyph when the following glyph clashes with it. In this example a germandbls.alt. The first line shows Rß but if I change the ß to its stylistic variant then it its long downstroke hits the leg of the R. The Calt feature catches this and swaps the R to another R shape with a shorter tail. This is all handled inthe Calt feature and works in InDesign etc. However the only way I can get it to work in Publisher is to insert the alternate glyph via the Glyph palette. This occurs for all glyphs that are not the core/base glyph. I'm guessing all glyphs that do not have a unicode. Is this a known limitation/bug with Publisher? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff DWright Posted May 13, 2022 Staff Share Posted May 13, 2022 This has been logged with our developers as a feature improvement request Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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