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How to Use Alternative Characters in OpenType Fonts with Adobe Illustrator Tutorial

July 16, 2018

Learn how to use alternative characters in fonts in Adobe Illustrator!
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Many OpenType fonts include a host of additional characters, glyphs, and contextual alternatives. This Illustrator tutorial shows you how to use the glyphs window, built in features inside Illustrator to see what letters have alternatives, as well as the OpenType options window. By using all of the features that a font provides, you can unlock all sorts of new options for your typography!

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