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Originally Posted by Notjohn
I'm still having a problem wrapping my head around this concept. My favorite typeface is Georgia, but its numerals are a bit small, and when I use them in a heading I sometimes add a couple of points to size of the type. Are Georgia's numerals "old style"?
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Old style numerals have decenders, so the 9 is like a p.
https://cdncms.fonts.net/images/5231...le_Figures.jpg
First line is old style, second line is not. I think Georgia has both so if you want to use the old style you need the css he's using; "font-variant-numeric: oldstyle-nums;". I use that on the body tag and then for the h1, etc. I switch back to regular. I got this from the Blitz site; what my body tag has is "font-variant: common-ligatures oldstyle-nums proportional-nums;" and for h1, h2, h3, h4 it's "font-variant: common-ligatures lining-nums proportional-nums;" and there's other stuff for both of them (e.g., bold for the h tags).