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The point is that if ligatures are used for this, no modifications to the font rendering front end is needed. Its already there - you just need to use the feat
by fit2rule 12y ago
The point is that if ligatures are used for this, no modifications to the font rendering front end is needed. Its already there - you just need to use the feature. The way to do that is with ligatures in your text..
- WiseWeasel 12y agoThat's not what ligatures are for; ligatures are for joining two adjacent letters. I don't believe font formats support this descender dodging feature for underlining, hence the need for the renderer to take charge.
- fit2rule 12y agoWell, I would argue that using a ligature to establish the alpha gap around the lettering is a better use than hacking up a non-standard feature to the renderer. The gaps are attachments to the type, so ligatures are appropriate - since they would be used in this case to join/split the underline - which itself could be argued is a ligature, per-face, also.