English-language locale reference

Multilingual Swiss Typography

Swiss documents may combine German, French, and Italian conventions with shared Swiss numeric and currency behavior.

DE CHFR CHIT CHCH Mix
Publication locale, not translation

This page is written in English. The locale codes describe the text being typeset and the convention Avellio applies; they do not indicate the language of this web page.

At a glance

Quotation marks

Quote and punctuation behavior should follow the paragraph language; CH Mix intentionally avoids assuming one language.

Punctuation spacing

FR CH preserves French spacing evidence, while DE CH and IT CH follow their language-specific models.

Non-breaking spaces

Use paragraph language plus protected currency and unit spacing.

Dates

Day–month–year is the common profile model.

Numbers

Swiss apostrophe-like grouping is recognized across the Swiss profiles.

Currency

CHF, Fr., and fr. suffix contexts are recognized.

Units

Value–unit pairs use protected spacing under the corresponding language profile.

Regional variants

AUTO is usually more precise than CH Mix when paragraph languages are reliable. CH Mix is broad and conservative and does not apply the DE CH ß rule.

DE CHFR CHIT CHCH Mix

House-style caveat

Publication locale and paragraph language are distinct; a Swiss document is not automatically German-language.

How to use this with Avellio

  1. Assign accurate InDesign paragraph languages before relying on AUTO.
  2. Use an explicit profile when one regional convention governs the complete scope.
  3. Run a new Typography Audit after changing locale.
  4. Read locale source, specificity, confidence, and context together.
  5. Correct ambiguous dates, numbers, currencies, and complete quote pairs manually.
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References

  1. Avellio User Manual — Locale profile referenceAvellio product source
  2. Unicode CLDR — Number and currency patternsLocale data standard