What Is Stylistic Alternates?
Stylistic alternates are optional substitute glyphs that give a letter a different look without changing its meaning — a looped "l," a single-storey "a," or a fancier "R." Fonts group them into stylistic sets you can toggle, letting one typeface offer several distinct moods from the same characters.
Alternates let a single font feel custom: switching a few key letters can transform a neutral face into something distinctive for a logo or headline.
They live in OpenType features (salt, ss01–ss20). Design apps expose them through a glyphs panel or OpenType menu; on the web they are enabled with `font-feature-settings` or `font-variant-alternates`.