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		Start - opening a font in VOLT Before any layout features can be added to a font in VOLT, a few things must be taken care of. When oening a font for the first time, the dialog box below may appear: This means that the font already has OpenType functionality — if you are starting from scratch and are fine with erasing the existing OTL features, click Yes. Adding scripts and languages The next step is to add a script and language pair which will contain our OTL features. This tutorial focuses on Latin-based fonts, so after clicking the 'Add Script' button at the bottom of the window, we specify the OpenType script name <latn>. VOLT then automatically creates an associated 'default' language (see graphic above) — this is the language to which we will be adding our OTL features. The 'Edit Glyphs' window Now that we have our script and lanuguage created, it is useful to become familiar with VOLT's 'Edit Glyphs' window (click on the 'Edit Glyphs' button). In this window, the user is able to navigate and search through the font's complete set of glyphs. Each glyph has its own box which lists the VOLT glyph name (which you can change) and the code point which is determined by the font's encoding. As you will see, this window will become useful as we begin creating our OTL features. Next section: Step 2 - Adding ligatures this page was last updated 19 August 2000 © 2000 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Legal Notices. please e-mail comments to how to contact us
	Intro | Start | Ligatures | Small caps | OS numerals | Case-sensitive | Proofing | InDesign test
	Microsoft Typography | Developer information | VOLT and InDesign tutorial