OpenType Guide · OpenType Panel
Tabular Lining Figures
Tabular lining figures sit on the baseline at the height of the capitals, and every digit takes exactly the same width. A 1 is as wide as an 8, so in a column of numbers each digit lands under the one above it, and totals, prices and times line up without tabs or manual spacing.
See it in Neopol
Flip the switch to see what changes.
Where to find it
- Character panel
- Panel menu ☰
- OpenType
- Tabular Lining
Proportional Lining, in the same menu, is the opposite: each digit spaced to its own width, better for numbers in headlines and text.
- Window
- Type
- OpenType
- Figure
- Tabular Lining
Open the OpenType panel ⌥ ⇧ ⌘ T Mac Alt Shift Ctrl T Windows
Proportional Lining, in the same menu, is the opposite: each digit spaced to its own width, better for numbers in headlines and text.
How to use it
- Select the table, or the numbers that need to line up.
- Pick Tabular Lining.
- Align the column right, or on a decimal tab, so the units sit under each other.
Good to know
- Use them for tables, price lists, invoices, timetables and scores, anywhere digits stack.
- In a sentence, tabular figures can look gappy around the 1. Switch running text back to proportional.