[OS X TeX] gtamachoefler and olstyle figures in LaTeX.

[Gerben Wierda]

The release contains a switch to get default old style numbers in  
Hoefler and Didot (regular only).

G

On 2 Dec 2005, at 12:06, Greg Restall wrote:

>
> On 01/12/2005, at 2:36 PM, Gerben Wierda wrote:
>
>>> The GTA efforts to get fonts working nicely is absolutely wonderful.
>>>
>>> I have a small feature request (or a request for information, if  
>>> this
>>> is already possible).  Can we get the oldstyle figures of Hoefler
>>> Text as the default figures, perhaps with a package switch  
>>> \usepackage
>>> [osf]{gtamachoefler}?  That would be wonderful, as the oldstyle
>>> figures in Hoefler are gorgeous.
>>>
>>> Thanks for all of your work, Gerben, Thomas and Adam!
>>
>> We're close to the final release (of the first iteration, I guess)  
>> and the
>> old style numbers will not be default. However, it is very easy to  
>> get
>> them,
>>
>> \textsc{0123456789} in LaTeX and {\sc 0123456789} in ConTeXt.
>
> Yes, I agree that that's fine enough to get them.  I just want them  
> everywhere instead of the other 'capital' figures.  In particular,  
> I want them in page numbers, citations, etc.... I'm greedy that  
> way.  Is there a general package that someone has written that does  
> this? (Replace figures by smallcap variants?)  I know that some  
> font packages (like the fs500 package, for using the FontSite 500  
> fonts) have an osf switch.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Greg
>
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