In the 6.1 history pdf it mentions being able to specify changes in character style in project info fields. It gives the example of {@style:All Caps@}. Where do I find out what other character styles are available? Looking in the paragraph styles dialog does show a Style pull-down, but All Caps isn’t in there (nor in the Case dialog). In the online help (which I realize may have yet to be updated), I can’t find anything that tells me what other options are available to put in besides All Caps. I feel like maybe one needs to learn typography and desktop publishing to get the most from the various text options available in Dorico.
It looks like it works with a character style you’ve created if you make a token with its name? At least I tried with Title Case and it seems to work!
Edit: yes it works:
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I get it. Of course it references the library→character styles. I thought it tied in with paragraph styles or something else. Thanks.
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You don’t have to use it for the entire entry either as you can just enclose the text you want to change.
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In project info, if you use one asterisk before and after some words, you get italic, and 2 asterisks gives you bold.
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RIght, that’s because of the Resolve Markdown Formatting checkbox.
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The problem with this is that it will only use the basic Italic and Bold variants. If you use a typeface with a large family, there was no way previously to use Medium Italic, Light, Black Italic, etc. with markdown formatting alone. Since I was using the Medium variant in my example, I couldn’t have Medium Italic in that same entry without manually doing it in the Page Template. Now with the Character Styles option this is easy.
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