OT: YAGTT

2008/7/28 Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>

> Mark J. Reed writes:
> > Huh?  In a font with an fi ligature, every instance of f followed by i
> > is ligatured, regardless of morpheme boundaries.
>
 Not by German typesetting rules, that's the point.
>
 Umm, if the point is that the kern of the f will break off the type if used
before i, f, or t on a Linotype machine, wouldn't you have to use a ligature
regardless of the sensibilities of the German spelling authorities? Or would
German printers insert a thin space in such a situation to keep the f out of
harm's way?

Lars

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