Lowercase Numerals

Can someone please teach me how to type in lowercase numerals? I tried the ''All Small Caps'' option in the Open Type menu in the Characters panel, but it doesn't work. Or can it be done to only certain typefaces? I just probably don't know how to do it. Please help. Thanks.
Lowercase Numerals
I think what you mean are old-style figures, which indeed only appear in a few fonts - notably, Adobe Garamond Pro.



Here's an entry on them that might help you resolve your question more clearly:



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text_figures
Lowercase Numerals
Thank you NitroPress. I don't seem to have Adobe Garamond Pro on my computer. What other fonts would have old-style figures that a computer typically comes with?

%26gt; I don't seem to have Adobe Garamond Pro



It comes free with various CSes (as well as Minion Pro, which also boasts lowercase numerals). Check your Extras DVD.



Most standard Windows fonts have default 'tabular' numbers, but Georgia has oldstyle numbers. However, it's not an OpenType font and you cannot switch them.



OpenType allows for

i four

different types of numbering: lining and oldstyle (aka 'uppercase' and 'lowercase'), and tabular and proportional. Check the OpenType submenu in the Type panel menu to see which are applicable in your current selected font.

i OpenType allows for four different types of numbering: lining and oldstyle (aka 'uppercase' and 'lowercase'), and tabular and proportional.



Woudn't that be implemented as a 2x2 grid rather than four separate instances?

It woud. But the OpenType format does not allow 'flags' of any kind to be set, you'd have to work around it doing multiple substitutions. So the specifications just defined the four different types.



Besides, this way the font designer is free to create any of the four styles independent of the others.