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    Proxima Nova Supplemental Fonts

    what are “supplemental” fonts? P R OX I M A NOVA C H A RAC TE R SE T ( IN N O N -O P E N TY P E -SAV V Y A PPL I CAT I O NS )

    Proxima Nova is a full-featured OpenType font. It has many ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ


    typographic extras such as small caps, old style figures, and
    alternate characters. This is great if you are using Adobe
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    Creative Suite 1 or 2, or QuarkXPress 7 (or later), which have ÛÜÝŸŽÐÞ
    solid support for all (or nearly all) the advanced features in
    OpenType fonts. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz áàâäãåæç
    Unfortunately, not every application has been updated yet to éèêëíìîïłñóòôöõøœšßúùûüýÿžðþ
    take advantage of OpenType fonts. Or, you may not be ready to ˆ ` ´ ˜ ¨ ˘ ˇ ˙ ˚ ¯ ˝ ˛ ¸ fi fl
    upgrade to a version that has been. Until now, if you used Flash,
    MS Word, Freehand, earlier versions of QuarkXpress or Adobe 1234567890 ½ ¼ ¾ ¹²³ ⁄ $¢£€ƒ¥#%‰+−×
    applications, you could only use the basic characters in Proxima ÷=≈≠±<>≤≥¬|¦^~◊√∫µ∂∑∏πΩ∆_-–—()[]{}/\
    Nova. (Some non-OpenType-savvy applications can access the
    extra characters using your system’s character palette.) '"‘’“”‚„‹›«».,:;…!?¡¿·®©™ •@*†‡§¶ °  ⌘
    For this reason, the Proxima Nova supplemental fonts were
    created. These are also OpenType format, meaning they still
    P R OX I M A NOVA A LT C H A RAC TE R SE T
    have the advantage of a single font file that works on both Macs
    and PCs. However, some of the standard characters have been ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    replaced with otherwise inaccesssible ones.
    &ÁÀÂÄÃÅÆÇÉÈÊËÍÌÎÏŁÑÓÒÔÕØŒŠÚÙ
    small caps and old style figures
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    Proxima Nova ScOsf gives access to the small cap and old
    style figure set, including punctuation and number symbols
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz áàâäãåæ
    designed to match. These are essentially the same as what you çéèêëíìîïłñóòôöõøœšßúùûüýÿžðþ
    get if, when using Proxima Nova in an OpenType-savvy applica-
    tion, you apply the Small Caps or Old Style Figures features.
    ˆ ` ´ ˜ ¨ ˘ ˇ ˙ ˚ ¯ ˝ ˛ ¸ fi fl
    alternate characters
    1234567890 ½ ¼ ¾ ¹²³ ⁄ $¢£€ƒ¥#%‰+−×
    Proxima Nova Alt provides access to the alternate forms of the
    ÷=≈≠±<>≤≥¬|¦^~◊√∫µ∂∑∏πΩ∆_-–—()[]{}/\
    a, f, l, y, and G, including ligatured and accented forms of these '"‘’“”‚„‹›«».,:;…!?¡¿·®©™ •@*†‡§¶ ° ª º 
    characters. These are essentially the same as what you get if,
    when using Proxima Nova in an OpenType-savvy application,
    you apply the Stylistic Alternates feature. (Note: In the Proxima P R OX I M A NOVA SCO SF C H A RAC TE R SE T
    Nova Alt Italic fonts, the lowercase a retains the one-story form.)
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    what exactly is in the fonts?
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    The standard character set and the two supplemental sets are
    shown at right. Special characters—the ones normally inacces- ÛÜÝŸŽÐÞ
    sible in non-OpenType-savvy applications—are highlighted. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz áàâäã
    What’s the difference? åæçéèêëíìîïłñóòôöõøœšßúùûüýÿžðþ
    The supplemental fonts cover the same character set as the ˆ ` ´ ˜ ¨ ˘ ˇ ˙ ˚ ¯ ˝ ˛ ¸ fi fl
    normal fonts, such as other currency symbols, tabular figures,
    superscript, subscript, fractions, case-sensitive punctuation, liga- 1234567890 ½ ¼ ¾ ¹²³ ⁄ $¢£€ƒ¥#%‰+−×÷
    tures, and many miscellaneous symbols. The difference is that =≈≠±<>≤≥¬|¦^~◊√∫µ∂∑∏πΩ∆_-–—()[]{}/\
    certain OpenType features (small caps, for example) will have
    the opposite effect if you use them in an OpenType-savvy '"‘’“”‚„‹›«».,:;…!?¡¿·®©™ •@*†‡§¶ ° ª º 
    program, which could be confusing. Use the supplemental fonts
    only if you must.

    © MARK SIMONSON 2018 3.017


    O
    N
    M W W W. M A R K S I M O N S O N . C O M
    Proxima Nova Supplemental Fonts
    how to install the supplemental fonts
    The Proxima Nova supplemental fonts are installed the same
    way as any other fonts and may be installed alongside the
    standard version of Proxima Nova.
    Font names
    In applications that group fonts according to family, the standard
    Proxima Nova fonts will be in one group, the Small Caps and
    Old Style fonts in a second group, and the Alternate Character
    fonts in a third group. (Condensed and Extra Condensed are
    also grouped separately.)
    The font names follow a consistent pattern to make it easy to
    find the font you need. For example:
    S OM E OF TH E STANDARD F ONTS:

    Proxima Nova Regular


    Proxima Nova Bold
    Proxima Nova Condensed Thin Italic
    Proxima Nova Extra Condensed Black
    TH E M ATCH ING SMALL CAP & OLD ST YLE F IGURE S FO NTS:

    Proxima Nova ScOsf Regular


    Proxima Nova ScOsf Bold
    Proxima Nova ScOsf Condensed Thin Italic
    Proxima Nova ScOsf Extra Condensed Black
    TH E M ATCH ING ALT E RNAT E C HARAC T E R F ONTS:

    Proxima Nova Alt Regular


    Proxima Nova Alt Bold
    Proxima Nova Alt Condensed Thin Italic
    Proxima Nova Alt Extra Condensed Black
    Note: In some applications (MS Word, QuarkXPress, most
    Windows applications), the font names may be abbreviated.
    using the fonts
    In general, use these the same way you would use any other
    separate fonts together. That is, select the text you wish to
    change an choose the font from the font menu.

    © MARK SIMONSON 2018 3.017


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