I'm so aggravated with this right now. I need to work in fonts that I can apply swashes to through the open type box, however, every one I try has that option greyed out, in fact most fonts have most stylistic options greyed out. Is there any way I can save some time and get or see a list of fonts that swashes can be used with. This is so frustrating and time consuming having to go through font after font and come up with nothing.
Any Font that has a Slanted O next to it in the Font menu is OpenType. (See screenshot below.) But not all OpenType fonts have the same Glyphs. So if you're looking for Swashes for instance, some OpenType faces may have that option others won't.
If you're in CC 2018–19 you're in luck. Find any OpenType typeface that has the Swashes glyphs you're looking for and set a line of text with the characters you wish to use, select the text and apply Swashes in the OpenType panel.
Then, with the text still selected, do the following: In the Character panel, go to the Font Family menu. As your cursor moves over a Font Family Name, if that font has the Swashes it will show you the Swashes in your text.
For more, see the following New and enhanced features | Latest release of Illustrator CC and look for Font Browsing.
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