7 OpenType Support
The latest and greatest in font technology, OpenType, is cross-platform and offers vastly expanded character sets that can include different numbering styles, fractions, foreign characters, and ornaments—to name but a few. Recalling the time-consuming hassle of working with expert sets or trying to remember the arcane naming conventions of Multiple Master fonts, I sometimes feel like saying a prayer of thanks every time I incorporate such typographic refinements as proportional oldstyle numerals and discretionary ligatures into a Paragraph Style definition. (And while not exactly a feature, it certainly is a huge asset that InDesign comes packaged with several OpenType families.)