OpenType fonts often contain a treasure trove of typographic options. Discover some easy ways to enhance your typography by taking advantage of discretionary ligatures, swashes or titling alternates – to name just a few.

Take charge of your hyphens. To produce top-notch typography, don’t let your design application hyphenate phone numbers, URLs or proper names. Master these simple steps to show your hyphens who’s boss.

Why do fonts that you are not using in a document show up as “missing”? Here are the four likeliest causes — and how to avoid them.

One size cannot fit all … uses. Each digital font is designed to look its best within a particular point-size range, but you can easily adjust a font’s built-in spacing and kerning to extend its “optimal readability range.” .

The profusion of digital fonts has ushered in a new Golden Age in terms of typesetting productivity and creativity. It’s helpful to understand the material difference between metal type and digital fonts — and how you can work around it.

Even with today’s digital typesetting technology, some things still have to be done by hand — or do they? Here’s a look at the powerful kerning features built into two popular design applications. Use these features wisely and you’ll save time while achieving better typography, too.

Setting type frequently requires the use of symbols, typographically appropriate punctuation and invisible characters that are not easily found on the keyboard. Adobe® InDesign® CS3 has come to the rescue by collecting many of these characters and putting them in an easily-accessible flyout palette off the main menu.

Although many people still use the old copy and paste method, there is a better way to bring in text.

Quark loyalists have patiently waited (and exchanged many tales of woe) for advanced typesetting features. The very good news is that Quark 8 has finally leapt up to the plate. It offers improved typographical controls with features that don’t only match – but in some cases surpass – those that Adobe® InDesign® provides.

Here are a handful of our favorite fonts that make great use of OpenType's rich capabilities. We’ve selected four diverse scripts and a modern sans serif.