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me__i_m_dan___
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November 24, 2010
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hypatia sans - different a

  • November 24, 2010
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I have the Hypatia Sans pro font and according to the character set there are two different a's in the font - but I can only access the standard one and not the one which has a circle with vertical line (don't know what the correct term would be). I use Mac OSX, does anyone know how do to this...?

I can find it in the Font Book as Glyph 264, but I can't find it in the Character Viewer...

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    MiguelSousa
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    MiguelSousaCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    November 24, 2010

    It's called "single-story a". To access it in Mac OS X apps (such as TextEdit, Pages, Keynote, etc.) first open the Fonts Panel (Cmd+T).

    Then click on the Actions button (bottom-left corner) and select "Typography". This will open the Typography panel.

    Finally, type your 'a', select it, and apply the Stylistic Set #2.

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    me__i_m_dan___Author
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    November 25, 2010

    thanks, that's definitely helpful to know... however i was actually looking for a solution to use it in indesign5 (not that i had said so in my original post, but still...)

    MiguelSousa
    Community Manager
    MiguelSousaCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    November 26, 2010

    In the case of InDesign, you just need to use the OpenType menu or create a Character Style.

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