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I really like the long-tailed Q-shape kp-fonts has with the oldstyle option. However, I do not want the ct/st ligatures that this option provides, nor do I particularly want the long-tailed Q in upright text. Is there an option to automatically replace any letter Q by the long-tailed Q-shape (kp-fonts provides \othertailQ), but only within \textit{}?

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\documentclass{article} % or some other suitable class
\usepackage{kpfonts} % Palatino clone (text and math)
\begin{document}
\scshape
Quo vadis \quad 
\othertailQ uo vadis \quad 
\itshape
Quo vadis \quad 
\othertailQ uo vadis
\end{document}
Mico
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tolUene
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    I've take the liberty of editing your query to post a minimum working example and an associated screenshot. Feel free to revert. – Mico Jun 30 '22 at 02:00

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Unicode version of KP fonts provide the swsh font feature which is independent from dlig font feature. The first one makes Q with long shape the second one makes st, ct ligatures. So, you need to set only swsh which can be done by \swash font modifier in OpTeX, for example:

\fontfam[kpfonts]
\def\it{\swash\_it}

Quo vadis, st. {\it Quo vadis, st, ct.} Query again in upright shape.


\bye
wipet
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If you're able to use either LuaLaTeX or XeLaTeX, I suggest you do, as it'll enable you to use specials features of the OpenType version of the kpfonts. In particular, you can enable the "swashy" version of the letter Q for italics only, in both regular and smallcaps font shapes.

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% !TEX TS-program = lualatex
\documentclass{article} % or some other suitable document class
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{KpRoman}[ItalicFeatures={Style=Swash}]

\begin{document}
Quid Pro Quo \quad \textit{Quid Pro Quo}


\scshape
quid pro quo \quad \emph{quid pro quo}
\end{document}
Mico
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  • Is there any similar option for pdfLaTeX? I would like to use some of the microtype features that aren't available for XeLaTex/LuaLaTex. – tolUene Jun 30 '22 at 12:01
  • @tolUene - "Is there any similar option for pdfLaTeX? " Not that I'm aware of; otherwise, I would have mentioned it in the answer. I'm afraid I don't follow your microtype-related comment. For sure, viritually all microtype features available under pdfLaTeX are available under LuaLaTeX as well. (You are correct in pointing out, though, that most of microtype's features aren't avaiblable under XeLaTeX.) – Mico Jun 30 '22 at 14:49