Re: Ligatures (was: Unify the Platforms: Cairo+FreeType+Harfbuzz Everywhere (except TTY))

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden
> From: Clément Pit-Claudel <address@hidden>
> Date: Fri, 22 May 2020 09:29:57 -0400
> 
> > 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 :/

I was talking about ligatures made from letters, not symbols.