Ligatures [0] are special glyphs which replace a series of letters. For instance, an "fl" is often replaced by a single glyph which looks far better than the in

Ligatures [0] are special glyphs which replace a series of letters. For instance, an "fl" is often replaced by a single glyph which looks far better than the individual glyphs. Scunthorpe Sans has ligatures defined for each nasty series of characters, but instead of replacing them with something more readable it replaces them with a black box. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligature_(writing) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligature_(writing)