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I thought the rule was that ligatures shouldn't cross syllable boundaries. Like the fi in "fine" can be replaced but not the fi in "barfing", so it would need
by dubya 6y ago
I thought the rule was that ligatures shouldn't cross syllable boundaries. Like the fi in "fine" can be replaced but not the fi in "barfing", so it would need to be a bit more than a lookup table. Or maybe a dictionary-sized lookup table isn't a problem anymore.
- jefftk 6y agoI see https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/50660/when-should-i-not-use-a-ligature-in-english-typesetting/50957 https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/50660/when-shoul... suggesting this, but I don't believe any fonts implement this.