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Anybody substitutes space with figurespace in Tnum feature?
Posted by Synthview in
5 Sep 2011 — 2:46pm
5 Sep 2011 — 2:46pm
I'm thinking it would be useful to add a line to Tnum feature to substitute normal space with figurespace, especially as not all softwares can access it.
But I didn't find any mention of it here.
Anyone do it already, or are there any good reasons to avoid it?
Thanks in advance
Jan
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5 Sep 2011 — 10:23pm
That would make things like a column of phone numbers very gappy, as the figurespace is considerably wider than the space.
6 Sep 2011 — 3:57am
Yes it is. But for phone numbers you could also use a thinspace.
The problem is Apps like Photoshop can't access figurespace. Illustrator can but you have to open the glyphs window. It doesn't seem to handy.
On the other way, if an user forgets to deactivates tnum and keep writing, spaces will be huge..
But if we create a tnum version of monetary symbols, why not spaces too.
6 Sep 2011 — 4:09am
In which situations would a figurespace mostly be used?
6 Sep 2011 — 8:33am
it should be used in tabular numbers, when number groups could have different lenght
to align stuff like here below for instance
234 23 3958 3 1 23 1 4 122or
6 Sep 2011 — 8:37am
More about putting non-numeric glyphs in the Tabular feature:
http://typophile.com/node/41191
6 Sep 2011 — 10:15am
Thanks Nick, I've already read it, and more times :) but didn't find a clear answer to my Hamletic doubt
6 Sep 2011 — 10:53am
Jan, what is that first image you posted?
6 Sep 2011 — 12:27pm
image? which image? what do you mean? I miss something..sorry
6 Sep 2011 — 1:55pm
234 etc.
6 Sep 2011 — 3:12pm
Nick — Not an image, just styled with
<pre>. So it probably displays with your browser’s default monospace.6 Sep 2011 — 3:54pm
yes exactly :) I used < pre > to obtein a tabular effect
6 Sep 2011 — 6:35pm
I think Nick was asking of an explanation for why numbers might appear in this particular tabular arrangement.
6 Sep 2011 — 7:23pm
Thanks John, that was indeed the question.
It's a usage I'm unfamiliar with.
7 Sep 2011 — 2:53am
Ok, never mind, I will do not add the sub line to tnum :)
Thank you everybody.
7 Sep 2011 — 5:44am
Font Bureau is in the habit of putting substitutions for additional tabular sorts, like figurespace and certain tabular punctuation, in a separate stylistic set so it can be ‘added on’ to {tnum} in situations that require. (And they’ve settled on a standard of {ss20} across their fonts.)
Of course, this doesn’t make the figurespace any more accessible in Photoshop or Illustrator (which sounds like the original motive behind this thread) since these apps don’t support ssets.
7 Sep 2011 — 8:33am
Yes no AI nor PS support :( It's a shame both these Apps don't have access to ssxx features in their Opentype panels (at least to v.cs4 which I use actually)