Ornament Sets Feature Selector Constants

Fonts may include ornamental, non alphabetic glyph sets used for various purposes. With a font that supports the ornament set feature type, you may be able to select among those glyph sets, using selectors such as those shown in Table D-19.

Table D-19  Feature selectors for the kOrnamentSetsType feature type

Constant

 Explanation
kNoOrnamentsSelector Specifies the use of no ornamental glyph sets.
kDingbatsSelector Specifies the use of dingbats: arrows, stars, bullets, and so on.
kPiCharactersSelector Specifies the use of pi characters: related nonalphabetic symbols, such as musical notation glyphs.
kFleuronsSelector Specifies the use of fleurons: ornaments such as flowers, vines, and leaves.
kDecorativeBordersSelector Specifies the use of decorative borders: glyphs used in interlocking patterns to form text borders.
kInternationalSymbolsSelector Specifies the use of international symbols, such as the barred circle representing "no".
kMathSymbolsSelector Specifies the use of mathematical symbols.

Figure D-11 shows an example of glyphs from an ornamental set.

Figure D-11  Ornamental glyphs

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