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I noticed this too but I found it distracting and not useful. At first I thought it was a particle of dirty on my screen and realized it was a ligature once I l
by frankohn 4y ago
I noticed this too but I found it distracting and not useful. At first I thought it was a particle of dirty on my screen and realized it was a ligature once I looked more carefully.
I guess a good ligature is one that a reader hardly notice at all.
- cvoss 4y agoYeah, this ligature struck me as intentionally ironic. Look at it's design: it's an entirely unnecessary loop that goes way up out of the way of the bits that are supposed to be connected and makes a sharp turn. Opposite to the actual function of a ligature, which is to correct a visual quirk of juxtaposing two letters, it goes out of its way to introduce a visual quirk. So, it's not so much a "bad" ligature as it is a caricature of one.