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Frank0
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December 27, 2023
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Glyph alternatives - Prevent automatic change

  • December 27, 2023
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Hi Community,

we use a few fonts where glyph alternatives are assigned/occupied in the font.
Now it has occasionally happened in our team that a colleague has to make a correction and the alternative has been used for certain characters and not the 'source character' (original).


In the example you can see the @ sign, which is already a small difference.
Is it possible to prevent this, or which setting must be the same in the team?

Many Thanks
Frank

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    Correct answer Tarun Saini

    Hi 

    @Frank0

    ,

     

    I would suggest you post your query here in this dedicated forum related to Indesign- https://adobe.ly/3T0iJw0

     

    Regards,

    Tarun

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    Abambo
    Community Expert
    AbamboCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    January 3, 2024

    That's the application and the user's local choice for that application. Some users change that, and are not aware that it breaks the teams choice of characters alternates.

    ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
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    Frank0Author
    Participating Frequently
    January 4, 2024

    Hi Abambo, that is probably correct. Do you know which setting that would be in Indesign? We have already looked for it and have not found it.

    Tarun Saini
    Community Manager
    Tarun SainiCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
    Community Manager
    February 29, 2024

    Hi 

    @Frank0

    ,

     

    I would suggest you post your query here in this dedicated forum related to Indesign- https://adobe.ly/3T0iJw0

     

    Regards,

    Tarun

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    Bobby HendersonCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    December 30, 2023

    Which Adobe application are you using where the alternate glyphs are being applied (such as Illustrator, InDesign or another application)?

     

    Some settings can be turned on/off in certain palettes or dialog boxes. In Illustrator some automatic OpenType features such as ligatures and smart quotes can be toggled in the Smart Punctuation dialog box. The OpenType palette can turn on/off ligatures and other features. Fonts often have style sets. Different style sets can trigger certain alternate characters to be used rather than the default glyphs. That may apply to the different apersand glyphs in the font you are using.

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