Auto-formatting numbers to all-caps

[Heather 8624]

Is there a way I can get a specific character (in this case numbers) to automatically format to all-caps? A font I use frequently applies some numbers below the baseline, and right now I manually correct his as I go.

For example, I'm currently manually changing  this:

To this:

I've tried creating a paragraph style but can't find a way to create a rule this specific. Anyone have experience with this or suggestions?

Thanks!

Heather

[Scott Citron · Accepted solution]

Your problem is easy to fix. In your paragraph style choose OpenType Features > Figure Style > Default Style. If that doesn't work try Proportional Lining.

[Jeffrey_Smith]

That will work if the font is Opentype. The font "Meta" the OP is using could be Postscript T1 with the alternative glyphs apart of a different font.

[Jongware]

Jeffrey_Smith  wrote

That will work if the font is Opentype. The font "Meta" the OP is using could be Postscript T1 with the alternative glyphs apart of a different font.

Unfortunately a piece of information is missing:

https://forums.adobe.com/people/heather+8624  wrote

[…] I'm currently manually changing  this:

but how is this done manually?

If the correct OpenType feature must manually be selected, then yes: this can be changed in more a global setting, rather than one occurrence at a time. If it means that for all digits in the entire text, you must manually pick the correct one out of the Glyphs panel, then you'd still be able to use Find-and-Change -- after all, it's only 10 replacements. (And each one can be saved in the Find/Change dialog.)

[Heather 8624]

Thanks for your help. I was just highlighting the numbers and selecting "all caps" (or pressing command + shift + K on a Mac) to "manually" change it.

[Derek Cross]

They are known as Lining figures (not capital figures).

[Heather 8624]

Thanks! Selecting "Proportional Lining" has done the trick. What a huge time save, really appreciate it.

[Frans v.d. Geest]

That said, you do know that the first screen shot with proportional old style figures is typographical correct, the second one, caps as you call it, is like shouting numbers...

[Derek Cross]

That's a bit extreme Frans – horses for courses.

Old style figures for u/lc text, proportional lining figures for headings with capital letters, tabular lining figures for columns etc.

[Barb Binder]

Am I the only one who doesn't understand how to change old style figures to lining figures via a case change? Selecting old style figures and assigning all caps doesn't change them to lining for me.

~Barb