Application Support
Though OpenType fonts include multilingual and advanced typographic features, not every application provides access to these features. The chart below shows the three levels of support for OpenType fonts across some of the more popular applications, and below the chart is a description of each level.
Basic Roman Support
Application can display basic Roman scripts which include English and other Western languages. No support for other languages or any advanced typographic features included.
Multilingual Support
Application supports Unicode (including subsets), and can display basic Roman script as well as other scripts (Cyrillic, Greek, Japanese etc.). Multilingual support exists, though not extensive. Support for right-to-left scripts or complex scripts such as Arabic, Hebrew or Devanagari is limited.
Advanced features Support
Application supports Unicode (including its subsets), and allows access to advanced typographic features such as alternates, ligatures or small caps.
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