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Re: Ligatures (was: Unify the Platforms: Cairo+FreeType+Harfbuzz Everywh


From: Clément Pit-Claudel
Subject: Re: Ligatures (was: Unify the Platforms: Cairo+FreeType+Harfbuzz Everywhere (except TTY))
Date: Fri, 22 May 2020 09:29:57 -0400
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On 22/05/2020 09.15, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> I thought the set of all the ligatures is known, and guided by
> typography experts. 

I don't think so, at least not for programming fonts?

> Do font designers really support ligatures from
> any arbitrary combination of characters?  If so, where can I read
> about this?

Yes; that's what I was alluding to in my example with comment signs and arrows. 
 I think the pictures on https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode should be 
illuminating.

I hope I'm not misunderstanding your question :/



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